CHR 342598 – Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 342598
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 October 2021
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Metrosideros waialealae (Rock) Rock var. waialealae
Determiner:
Tim Flynn
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Metrosideros Banks ex Gaertn.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Hawaii, Kauai, Koloa District, Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve Kapa'a
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
22.07182 N 159.44133 W (WGS84 22.07182 -159.44133)
Verbatim locality:
Hawaiian Islands; Kauai: Koloa District; Lihue-Koloa Forest Reserve; NW of Wahiawa stream along small unnamed tributary towards ridge connecting Hulua and Kapalaoa
Verbatim collector:
Tim Flynn 4317, David Lorence, Diane Ragone and Ken Wood
Standardised collector:
T. Flynn; D. Lorence; Diane Ragone; K. Wood
Verbatim date:
18-XII-1990
Start date:
1990-12-18
Country:
United States
Native lands:
Kō Hawaiʻi Paeʻāina (Hawaiian Kingdom)
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
21.99380 N 159.50812 W (WGS84 21.9938 -159.50812)
Altitudes:
from 670m to 690m
Habitat:
Open wet forest dominated by Metrosiderous polymorpha, M. waialealae, Antidesma platyphyllum var. hillebrandii, Syzygium, Cheirodendron, and Dicranopteris linearis and invaded by Psidium cattleianum and Melastoma candidum.
Notes:
Tree of eight ft.; young stems pale green; petioles flattened, red above, plae green below; blade glossy dark green with yellow-green midvein above, below dull, paler with yellow-green midvein; inflorescence branches and buds white; calyx pale green with apex red; corolla pinkish; stamens scarlet.
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
Plants of the Hawaiian Islands
National Tropical Botanical Garden Herbarium (PTBG)
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
