CHR 34894 – Colobanthus affinis (Hook.) Hook.f.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 34894
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
25 January 2024
Database record updated:
26 January 2024
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Colobanthus affinis
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Colobanthus affinis (Hook.) Hook.f.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Caryophyllaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Kākāpō Peak, Kahurangi National Park
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-41.020079 172.558198
Verbatim locality:
Kakapo Peak, Cobb Valley, Nelson
Verbatim collector:
R. Mason
Standardised collector:
Ruth Mason
Verbatim date:
24/2/1946
Start date:
1946-02-24
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Botanical District:
North-western
Habitat:
Pentamerous sepals shorte than the casule
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Portion to Kew Nov 1954 L.B.M.
Supplementary remarks:
(Extract from Kew letter D8868/54/H/2445, 4 Jan 1955 to H.H.A.
"Spergula affinis Hook Ic.Pl.Tab.266 (1840)
The illustration and description fit Gunn 967 collected from the Hampshire Hills, Feb 1837. The three small pieces of the plant agree quite will with your specimens from N.Z. except that the lvs and especially the peduncles are more elongate, the peduncles 1 in the fr. stage reaching 30 mm. long. The type sheet also bears 2 other collections under Gunn 967, both from Franklin River and dated Feb 1845. "(The Hampshire Hills coll. is that quoted by Hooker and must include type. L.B.M. 15.1.[19]55)
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