CHR 473428 – Arbutus unedo L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 473428
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Arbutus unedo L.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1991-05-18 (Verbatim: 18-MAY-1991)
Preferred name:
Arbutus unedo L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Canterbury, Port Hills, Reserve near Sign of the Kiwi (above Lyttleton Harbour)
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.6055 172.659
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Port Hills, Reserve near Sign of the Kiwi (above Lyttleton Harbour)
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 283/91
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
18-MAY-1991
Start date:
1991-05-18
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
M36 82- 33- (WGS84 -43.60544 172.659227)
Habitat:
Open indigenous scrub forest. Adventive.
Notes:
Small tree c.3m high with brown trunk and bark becoming rough. Leaves shining above, subcoriaceous. Flowers pendent. Corolla translucent white; tube 7 -8mm long, broadly ovoid; lobes very shallow and recurved. Fruit pendant, c.1.7-2 x 2-2.5cm, rounded and somewhat flattened, i.e. subglobose, becoming orange and finally crimson-scarlett on the "granular" exterior; flesh yellow, somewhat sweet, An isolated plant.
Specimen notes
Georeference (derived):
Estimated map ref.: NZMS 260 (M36 81- 33-) M36 82- 33- (M36 83-34-)
Parker M., 19.1.07
Parker M., 19.1.07
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