CHR 479001 B – Citrus L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 479001 B
Specimen type:
Vial (500)
Database record added:
10 December 2009
Database record updated:
03 March 2017
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Citrus hybrid 'Meyer Lemon'
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2000-10-20 (Verbatim: 20-10-2000)
Preferred name:
Citrus L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Rutaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Citrus hybrid
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1992-01-03 (Verbatim: 3-Jan-1992)
Preferred name:
Citrus L.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Akaroa, Banks Peninsula
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.806797 172.969975
Verbatim locality:
Akaroa
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 1/92
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
3-Jan-1992
Start date:
1992-01-03
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Notes:
Dense shrub c.2.5m high. Leaves subcoriaceous, scarcely shining, brownish when young, citrus smelling (but not of lemons) when bruised. Sepals pinkish. Petals 1.7-2.3cm long, ± oblanceolate, white with pinkish flush outside. Flowers fragrant. Citrus x `Meyer Lemon.' Fruit mostly 4.5-6 x 4-6cm, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid-oblong, yellow, with apical rounded protuberance; flesh pale yellow, moderately acid.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B (Spirit)
Spirit collection no.: 4-00005
Specimen links
Is Part Of:
Assigned reference numbers
Spirit Number Series 4:
4-00005
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
