Chatham Island, near Te Matarae Road, forest reserve
Verbatim locality:
Chatham Island, near Te Matarae Road, forest reserve.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 453/93
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
4-DEC-1993
Start date:
1993-12-04
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Altitudes:
from 20m
Habitat:
By old house site, relic of cultivation.
Notes:
Large rambling shrub; branches tending to layer. Leaves rather foetid when bruised. Flowers pendent. Calyx inflated. Corolla 21-22cm long, yellow in basal half, orange-red in distal half; lobes c.3cm long (including subulate apex), reflexed, orange-re.
Specimen notes
Voucher (DNA):
Leaf material removed for DNA analysis carried out by Jackson Kehoe working with Dr. Jeremie Fant at the Chicago Botanic Garden (research towards species diversity within the genus Brugmansia)
I. Schoenberger, 7 November 2025