Gaultheria depressa var. novae-zelandiae x Pernettya macrostigma
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1993-03-24 (Verbatim: 24-MAR-1993)
Preferred name:
Gaultheria macrostigma (Colenso) D.J.Middleton
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Fiordland, Upper Spey Valley, near Spey hut
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-45.5848 167.16
Verbatim locality:
Fiordland, Upper Spey Valley, near Spey hut
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 135/93
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
20-MAR-1993
Start date:
1993-03-20
Land District:
Southland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S148 29- 97- (WGS84 -45.582015 167.159122)
New Zealand Map Series 260:
C44 54- 97- (WGS84 -45.584816 167.159592)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
45°35´ S 167°9´ E (WGS84 -45.583333 167.15)
Altitudes:
from 457m
Habitat:
Margin of bog and Nothofagus menziesii forest.
Notes:
Prostrate shrub. Leaves glossy, dark green above. Fruits shining crimson; the fleshy calyx lobes 7-8mm long and remaining erect and discrete. Ovary about 5mm across, conspicuous and crimson.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Wake Forest University Herbarium.
Gaultheria depressa Hook.f.
Revision of Gaultheria L. from Australia and New Zealand
Dissertation by Catherine M. Bush, 2010