CHR 497649 – Amaranthus retroflexus L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 497649
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
21 December 1994
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Amaranthus retroflexus L.
Determiner:
H.D. Wilson
Identification date:
1987-05 (Verbatim: MAY-1987)
Preferred name:
Amaranthus retroflexus L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Banks Peninsula: beside Akaroa highway near Graylees, southeast of McQueens Valley
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.7584 172.634
Verbatim locality:
Banks Peninsula: beside Akaroa highway near Graylees, southeast of McQueens Valley.
Verbatim collector:
Wilson H.D. BP1336
Standardised collector:
Hugh D. Wilson
Verbatim date:
1-MAY-1987
Start date:
1987-05-01
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S94 99- 28- (WGS84 -43.758206 172.629876)
New Zealand Map Series 260: M36 80- 16- (WGS84 -43.758367 172.633539)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 43°45´ S 172°38´ E (WGS84 -43.75 172.633333)
New Zealand Map Series 260: M36 80- 16- (WGS84 -43.758367 172.633539)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 43°45´ S 172°38´ E (WGS84 -43.75 172.633333)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 5m
Habitat:
Roadside, stony ground among grass.
Abundance:
Local
Keywords:
Road; Stone
Notes:
Low, but more or less erect herb, stained pinkish red, especially on stems. Tepals of female flowers 5, stigma 2-tipped, tepals cuspidate. Inflorescence stained pinkish red, main inflorescences to 15cm long. Fruit circumscissile. Seeds black, finely reticulate, glossy. Plants appear plainly distinct from A. deflexus adjacent.
Observed species:
Amaranthus deflexus
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