CHR 141275 – Sonchus novae-zelandiae (Hook.f.) Garn.-Jones
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 141275
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
02 February 2012
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
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Active identification
Determined name:
Kirkianella novae-zelandiae (Hook.f.) Allan
Determiner:
L.B. Moore
Identification date:
1965-02 (Verbatim: Feb. 1965)
Preferred name:
Sonchus novae-zelandiae (Hook.f.) Garn.-Jones
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
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Verbatim date:
Specimen notes
Voucher (pollen):
Pollen slide 6777
Supplementary remarks:
from open patches among tussock on south-west side of Mt John, near the Godley Peaks Road, Lake Tekapo. 14th Feb. 1965. I have been watching this plant for some weeks and have never seen open flowers in the wild. It may be apomictic, or may flower for a short time early in the morning only. A.W. Anderson
P.S. This flower opened in a polythene bag
From Mr Anderson's letter of 15th Feb. 1965. to L.B.Moore
1. The scapes may be branched as these specimens show, sometimes from near the base and sometimes nearly half way up. I hunted for one of the latter on Sunday but those were all I could find; it is always very difficult to see because those mottled leaves look so like small patches of Raoulia. I should say that about half the population would show branched scapes.
2. My main reason for sending you these fresh specimens is to show that the scapes are solid, not fistular as described in the Flora. This does not show up in dry specimens.
It has a good deal of latex when fresh.
[Is the scape branching a form of fascination? L.B.M.] 21.2.65
A.W. Anderson, 15 Feb 1965
A.W. Anderson, 15 Feb 1965
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