CHR 400625 A – Opuntia monacantha Haw.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 400625 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
17 December 2010
Database record updated:
02 July 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Opuntia monacantha Haw.
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2014-04 (Verbatim: Apr 2014)
Preferred name:
Opuntia monacantha Haw.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Cactaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following Heenan, P.B. et al 2002: New Zealand Journal of Botany 40(2): 155-174.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Opuntia vulgaris Mill.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1982-02-27 (Verbatim: 27 Feb 1982)
Preferred name:
Opuntia monacantha Haw.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Canterbury, Christchurch, Sumner
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.5697 172.765
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Christchurch, Sumner
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 44/82
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
27 Feb 1982
Start date:
1982-02-27
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Habitat:
Cultivated in open area at base of cliff.
Notes:
Plant c. 1 m with 'trunk' developed. Glochids brownish. Spines brown when young. Flowers yellow with red band on reverse of sepals. Fruits becoming purple, to 5 cm, obovoid.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
[Unknown]
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A, B (Spirit: 3-00076)
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