CHR 418798 B – Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 418798 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 January 2007
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1984-02-11 (Verbatim: 11-FEB-1984)
Preferred name:
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Christchurch, Hornby, Wigram Pit
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.5555 172.548
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, Hornby, Wigram Pit
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 11/84
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
11-FEB-1984
Start date:
1984-02-11
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S84 (WGS84 -43.620892 172.774574)
New Zealand Map Series 260: M36 72- 38- (WGS84 -43.560006 172.535711)
New Zealand Map Series 260: M36 72- 38- (WGS84 -43.560006 172.535711)
Habitat:
In old rubbish pit, amidst tall grass and other herbs.
Keywords:
Anthropic; Grass; Herbfield
Notes:
Stems trailing, flowers yellow. Fruit more or less orbicular, wider than deep, shallowly grooved, green becoming pale-yellow- ish (to grey?) base more or less truncate, top with corky ring. Corolla of male flowers about 7mm long.
Specimen notes
Georeference (derived):
Estimated map ref.: NZMS 260 M36 72- 38-
Parker M., 18.1.07
Parker M., 18.1.07
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B.
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