CHR 480997 – Puya alpestris (Poeppig) Gay
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 480997
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Puya alpestris (Poeppig) Gay
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1993-03-31 (Verbatim: 31-MAR-1993)
Preferred name:
Puya alpestris (Poeppig) Gay
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Bromeliales
Family:
Bromeliaceae
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:
Lincoln, Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
43.639429 S 172.475316 E (WGS84 -43.639429 172.475316)
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Lincoln, Science Centre Campus
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 148/93
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
31-MAR-1993
Start date:
1993-03-31
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Cultivated in sheltered site.
Notes:
Plant with several large leaf rosettes forming a dense clump having a small caudex. Leaves shining green above, white beneath. Corolla dark glossy greenish-blue, 5.2-5.4cm long; segments tip recurved. Probably should be called P. berteroniana Mez.
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