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Gahnia pauciflora

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Gahnia pauciflora, commonly called cutting sedge, is a native sedge of New Zealand. It is found throughout the North Island and top of the South Island of New Zealand.[1]

The specific epithet pauciflora is Latin for 'few-flowered'.[2][3]

G. pauciflora is a host and food plant for the rare forest ringlet butterfly.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Gahnia Pauciflora" (PDF). NZ Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  2. ^ Allen J. Coombes The A to Z of Plant Names: A Quick Reference Guide to 4000 Garden Plants, p. 106, at Google Books
  3. ^ D. Gledhill The Names of Plants, p. 220, at Google Books
  4. ^ "Forest Ringlet - Dodonidia helmsii". nzbutterfly.info. 30 October 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
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Gahnia pauciflora: Brief Summary

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Gahnia pauciflora, commonly called cutting sedge, is a native sedge of New Zealand. It is found throughout the North Island and top of the South Island of New Zealand.

The specific epithet pauciflora is Latin for 'few-flowered'.

G. pauciflora is a host and food plant for the rare forest ringlet butterfly.

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