CHR 437315 A – Cotyledon orbiculata L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 437315 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 August 1995
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cotyledon orbiculata L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1987-02-21 (Verbatim: 21-FEB-1987)
Preferred name:
Cotyledon orbiculata L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Crassulaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Canterbury. Port Hills, Taylor's Mistake
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.5788 172.783
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury. Port Hills, Taylor's Mistake
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 45/87
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
21-FEB-1987
Start date:
1987-02-21
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
N36 92- 36- (WGS84 -43.578737 172.78318)
Habitat:
Open grassy hillside facing west; on rock outcrop.
Notes:
Succulent herbs with short stem and greenish to glaucous-white leaves. Sheet a) greenish leaf, b) glaucous-white leaf. Leaves to 10.5 x 9cm & 12mm thick, very broadly obovate, greenish or white bloomy; flat or convex below and concave above, margin purple on rounded part. Scapes to c. 40cm high (i.e. above uppermost leaves) often only a few cm high); green or purple, white bloomy. Infl. of ± drooping cymes around scape apex. Sepals 4-5mm long, broadlt triangular, green or purplish, bloomy. Corolla c.4.7cm, orange or reddish-orange, apical part with petals c. 7mm wide, narrow elliptic-oblong, slightly apiculate. Stamens 2-2.5cm, yellow epipetalous, styles 1.6-1.8cm, green. Glands 2-2.5mm diam., almost square, yellow. Common in this habitat.
Specimen notes
Georeference (derived):
Estimated map ref.: NZMS 260 N36 92- 36-
Parker M., 16.1.07
Parker M., 16.1.07
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B.
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