CHR 404773 – Machaerina tenax (Hook.f.) T.Koyama
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 404773
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Machaerina tenax (Hook.f.) T.Koyama
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2013-01 (Verbatim: Jan 2013)
Preferred name:
Machaerina tenax (Hook.f.) T.Koyama
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
Name updated following Koyama T. 1956: Taxonomic Study of Cyperaceae V. Botanical Magazine (Tokyo) 69: 59-67.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Baumea tenax (Hook.f.) Blake
Determiner:
N.M.U. Clunie
Identification date:
1982-04-15 (Verbatim: 15-APR-1982)
Preferred name:
Machaerina tenax (Hook.f.) T.Koyama
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Hill country Mount Rex area, c. 2.5Km N of Helensville
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-36.65 174.467
Verbatim locality:
Hill country Mount Rex area, c. 2.5Km N of Helensville
Verbatim collector:
N.M.U. Clunie 45
Standardised collector:
N. M. U. Clunie
Verbatim date:
15-APR-1982
Start date:
1982-04-15
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāti Whātua
Ngāti Whātua o Kaipara
Te Ākitai Waiohua
Te Kawerau a Maki
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
36°39´ S 174°28´ E (WGS84 -36.65 174.466667)
Abundance:
Frequent
Altitudes:
from 65m
Habitat:
Heavy, infertile clay in a seasonally wetlogged seepage channel.
Abundance:
Frequent
Keywords:
Shrub; Wet
Notes:
Adjacent open cut-over young teatree scrub with Gahnia - very common. A common species here, forming dense patches. Form: Erect herb with leaves and culms to 1m.Leaves: Spike like. Mid green, semi gloss, mid magenta-red at bases.Fruits: culms same colour as leaves.Fruit: pale green, shiny (young) to shiny pale orange with grey-black tips.
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