Rodney County, Northern Coatsville Scenic Reserve (A)
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-36.895 174.731
Verbatim locality:
Rodney County, Northern Coatsville Scenic Reserve (A).
Verbatim collector:
N.M.U. Clunie 35
Standardised collector:
N. M. U. Clunie
Verbatim date:
6-April-1982
Start date:
1982-04-06
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
Ngāti Maru (Hauraki)
Ngāti Maru (Hauraki)
Ngāti Paoa
Ngāti Tamaoho
Ngāti Tamaterā
Ngāti Whanaunga
Ngāti Whātua
Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara
Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei
Te Ākitai Waiohua
Te Kawerau a Maki
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
N42 250 550 (WGS84 -36.895026 174.730812)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
36°43´ S 174°39´ E (WGS84 -36.716667 174.65)
Altitudes:
from 80m
Habitat:
S- facing upper slope in forest with puriri dominant and taraire, rewarewa and kahikatea common.. Epiliptic (along with Collospermum hastatum) on trunk of nikau palm.
Keywords:
Slope; Epiparasite; Forest
Notes:
Form: Epiphytic - forming dense clumps encircling palm trunk. Leaves held up - ends drooping. In fructuscence pendulous.Leaves: Above - midgreen, semigloss; below - silvery white hairy. Margins smooth. Bases white and densly white-pubescent.Fruit: Clear, whitish; turning light purple-brown. Round, c. 3mm.Infructescence stalk densely silver-white pubescent.Common name: Kowharawhara
Observed species:
Rhopalostylis
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Leaf material removed for cuticle analysis by Liz Macunias, University of Adelaide.
Cruickshank J, 8 Sep 2009