CHR 439717 – Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 439717
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 August 1995
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Malus sylvestris
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1987-10-20 (Verbatim: 20 Oct 1987)
Preferred name:
Malus sylvestris (L.) Mill.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Rosaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln University, Lincoln
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.644 172.466
Verbatim locality:
Lincoln, Near College Corner
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 291/87
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
20-OCT-1987
Start date:
1987-10-20
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
M36 67- 29- (WGS84 -43.640744 172.473128)
Abundance:
One seen
Habitat:
Roadside ditch. Adventive.
Abundance:
One seen
Notes:
Deciduous, small (? young) tree c.2.5m high. Bark smooth. Leaves whitish tomentose when very young. Corolla deep pink outside,especially obvious in bud, at anthesis whitish to pale pink excepting petal centre outside. Petals c.2.l-2.4 × l.4-l.8, ± broadly elliptic with abbreviated claw, undulate and somewhat crumpled. Stamens unequal; filaments white. Styles 9-10mm long, green, villous in lower part, usually exceeding longest stamens. An isolated plant, probably arose from a discarded apple core.
Specimen notes
Voucher (pollen):
Pollen Slide 9818
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