Carex secta

Carex secta is a sedge endemic to New Zealand. The Māori name is makura amongst others, and it was given the name niggerhead[1] by early European settlers, but that has fallen out of use because of its racist denotation. It grows in wetlands.[2]

Carex secta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Carex
Species:
C. secta
Binomial name
Carex secta
Carex secta growing at the western end of Lake Clearwater in Canterbury, New Zealand

References
  1. Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Wellington, Government Printer
  2. Carex secta at the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
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