CHR 472502 – Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 472502
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Elaeagnus pungens
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-10-02 (Verbatim: 2-OCT-1990)
Preferred name:
Elaeagnus pungens Thunb.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Proteales
Family:
Elaeagnaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Canterbury, Tai Tapu, Old church grounds
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Tai Tapu, Old church grounds.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 196/90
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2-OCT-1990
Start date:
1990-10-02
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Shrubbery margin. Cultivation relic.
Notes:
Large, rather straggling shrub, evergreen. Leaves deep shining green above, white, scaly below; rather undulate. Fruit pendent, c.1.5cm long, broadly cylindric-oblong, orange-redwith pale scales and appearing mottled; flesh tart to the taste. Seed ribbed.
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