CHR 480248 – Melianthus major L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 480248
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Melianthus major L.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1992-11-30 (Verbatim: 30-NOV-1992)
Preferred name:
Melianthus major L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Melianthaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
North Auckland, near Warkworth, Kawau Island, near Mansion House Bay
Verbatim locality:
North Auckland, near Warkworth, Kawau Island, near Mansion House Bay
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 331/92
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
15-JAN-1992
Start date:
1992-01-15
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Open conifer plantings near ridge.
Notes:
Large herb with glaucous leaves, pale glaucous beneath; often folded. Peduncle +/- purple. Old bracts and perianth dark purple in Fruiting stage. Fruit a pale green 4-parted bladder c.4 x 3cm. Fairly common.
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