Systematics Collections Data

CHR 497711 – Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 497711
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
23 December 1994
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
Determiner:
PB Heenan
Identification date:
2018-03 (Verbatim: Mar 2018)
Preferred name:
Melicytus orarius Heenan, de Lange, Courtney & Molloy
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Violaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Melicytus obovatus subsp.
Determiner:
de Lange PJ
Identification date:
1993-08-16 (Verbatim: 16-AUG-1993)
Preferred name:
Melicytus obovatus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Wellington, Miramar Peninsula, Mahanga Bay
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -41.293447  174.833767 
Verbatim locality:
Wellington, Miramar Peninsula, Mahanga Bay.
Verbatim collector:
P.J. de Lange 2176
Standardised collector:
Peter J. de Lange
Verbatim date:
16-AUG-1993
Start date:
1993-08-16
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Ecological District:
Wellington
Native lands:
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika
Te Atiawa (Wellington)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:   R27 636 888  (WGS84 -41.293051 174.834199)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  41°17´ S 174°50´ E  (WGS84 -41.283333 174.833333)
Abundance:
Rare
Altitudes:
from 20m
Habitat:
Coastal scrub on cliffs above road.
Abundance:
Rare
Keywords:
Cliff; Coastal; Dry; Exposed; Greywacke; Road; Rock; Shrub
Notes:
Melicytus obovatus subsp. "coastal". Eight adult specimens on cliffs above road. Easily missed unless specifically searching for it.
Observed species:
Coprosma propinqua
Melicytus crassifolius
Muehlenbeckia complexa
Tetragonia trigyna
Duplicates
AK:
Permissions
Project permits
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice