Object: Pingao, Ficinia spiralis (A.Rich.) Muasya & de Lange
Registration Number  SP078862
Phylum  Embryophyta
Class  Angiosperms
Order  Poales
Family  Cyperaceae
Scientific Name
Ficinia spiralis (A.Rich.) Muasya & de Lange
Identified By  nom. rev.
Identified Date  05 Mar 2012
Common / Maori name  pingao, golden sand sedge, pikao, pinao
Country collected  New Zealand
Precise locality  "Tolaga [Tolaga Bay, Cook's Cove], Taboulo Island, Opoorage [Mercury Bay]"
Collected By  Banks, Joseph, Solander, Daniel
Date collected  1769
Section  Plants

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