New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts

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Rumex crispus L (Polygonaceae) - a new record for Macquarie Island

G. R. Copson
E.G. Leaman

National Parks and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 210, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005,
Australia

Abstract The occurrence of Rumex crispus L. on Macquarie Island is reported. Details of the habitat and known distribution are given. The possible means by which this cosmopolitan species has extended its range to subantarctic Macquarie Island are discussed.

Keywords Rumex crispus; Polygonaceae; new record; subantarctic islands; Macquarie Island

Received 3 June 1981
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1981, Vol. 19:401^404

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