CHR 504893 B – Phormium tenax 'Takaiapu'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 504893 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 February 2008
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phormium tenax 'Takaiapu'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Takaiapu'
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Hemerocallidaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, Landcare Research
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.640337 172.477044
Verbatim locality:
Landcare Research Experimental Gardens, Lincoln
Verbatim collector:
Sue Scheele
Standardised collector:
Sue Scheele
Verbatim date:
11/12/01
Start date:
2001-12-11
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Lincoln cultivar ex Rene Orchiston Collection, Hexton, Gisborne. Orchiston ID No.49.Source: Hawke's Bay.Description: Tall, rather bendy, medium green leaves. Red flowers. Scapes erect. Seed pods very long (often > 90 mm), narrow, some with twist. Uses: Good all purpose flax. Good whāriki flax. May be used for piupiu although para adheres slightly. Dries very hard and strong. Medium quantity of fibre. Dries to greenish-fawn when boiled for one minute and a deeper shade unboiled. Kelly, one of the Flax Commissioners in Taranaki (1870), said its very strong fibre was used for fishing lines.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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