CHR 496745 – Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 496745
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
05 December 1994
Database record updated:
21 November 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1993-12-01 (Verbatim: 1-DEC-1993)
Preferred name:
Myoporum laetum G.Forst.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Scrophulariales
Family:
Myoporaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Chatham Island, Wharekauri Homestead
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.711 -176.586
Verbatim locality:
Chatham Island, Wharekauri Homestead.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 417/93
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
1-DEC-1993
Start date:
1993-12-01
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Native lands:
Moriori
Moriori
Ngati Mutunga o Wharekauri
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
43°43´ S 176°35´ W (WGS84 -43.716667 -176.583333)
Altitudes:
from 20m
Habitat:
Margin of regenerating indigenous and introduced forest.
Notes:
Shrub c.2-2.5m high, fairly dense habit. Very young shoots and leaves blackish. Shoots soon green, compressed. Leaves glossy, dark green above. Flowers white with crimson-purple dots inside; lobes 8mm long, rounded towards apex. A number of plants.
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