CHR 437574 B – Begonia L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 437574 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
28 November 2006
Database record updated:
11 February 2024
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Begonia
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1986-04-23 (Verbatim: 23 Apr 1986)
Preferred name:
Begonia L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Begoniaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Christchurch, Riccarton Road, near Kirkwood Intermediate School
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.5287 172.585
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, Riccarton Road, near Kirkwood Intermediate School
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 58/86
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
23 Apr 1986
Start date:
1986-04-23
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S84 96- 57- (WGS84 -43.519911 172.591492)
New Zealand Map Series 260: M35 76- 42- (WGS84 -43.524192 172.585463)
New Zealand Map Series 260: M35 76- 42- (WGS84 -43.524192 172.585463)
Altitudes:
from 15m
Habitat:
Old garden and house site; waste place amongst mortar and concrete remains.
Notes:
Herb with erect, fleshy, glossy pinkish stems. Leaves shining, semi-succulent, tinged pink. Peduncles crimson. Pedicles pink. Flowers pink. Petals of male flowers c. 15-20 x 13-17 mm, suborbicular or obviously wider than long. Female flowers smaller. A number of scattered plants.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B.
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