Systematics Collections Data

CHR 467297 – Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 467297
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
Determiner:
PB Heenan
Identification date:
2018-03 (Verbatim: Mar 2018)
Preferred name:
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Violaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Melicytus obovatus var. "obovatus"
Determiner:
P.J. de Lange
Identification date:
1990-05-27 (Verbatim: 27-MAY-1990)
Preferred name:
Melicytus obovatus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Wellington, Porirua, Titahi Bay, (Whitireia Park) North of main bay
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -41.1022  174.832 
Verbatim locality:
Wellington, Porirua, Titahi Bay, (Whitireia Park) North of main bay
Verbatim collector:
P.J. de Lange 273
Standardised collector:
Peter J. de Lange
Verbatim date:
27-MAY-1990
Start date:
1990-05-27
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:   R27 639 100  (WGS84 -41.102132 174.83248)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  41°6.2´ S 174°49.9´ E  (WGS84 -41.103333 174.831667)
Abundance:
Occasional
Altitudes:
from 0m
Habitat:
Amongst Coprosma repens, C. Crassifolia, Muehlenbeckia complexa on rocky beach just above high tide mark.
Abundance:
Occasional
Keywords:
Beach; Exposed; Gravel; Greywacke; Moist; Scree; Shrub; Sprayzone
Notes:
C. 28 plants scattered over a small area. All in heavy fruit. Fruits white with blue blotches. A very rare species on the Wellington Mainland coast Hermaphrodite race.
Observed species:
Coprosma crassifolia
Hebe stricta var. macoura
Muehlenbeckia complexa
Permissions
Project permits
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice