CHR 508748 – Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 508748
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 May 2019
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Leptospermum scoparium var. incanum 'Wairere'
Determiner:
P.B. Heenan
Identification date:
1989-11-15 (Verbatim: 15 Nov 1989)
Preferred name:
Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.530379 172.620934
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Verbatim collector:
P.B. Heenan
Standardised collector:
Peter B. Heenan
Verbatim date:
15 Nov 1989
Start date:
1989-11-15
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Habitat:
Cultivated. Leptospermum bed, Cockayne Garden.
Notes:
Seedlings grown at Opotiki retained the prostrate habit of the wild plant. One selected seedling was given the cultivar name “Wairere” which is Maori for waterfall, referring to its semi-prostrate weeping growth habit. Single pink flowers.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Opotiki
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-38.008351 177.285235
Verbatim locality:
Bay of Plenty, Opotiki
Verbatim collector:
N. Potts
Standardised collector:
Norman Potts
Verbatim date:
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Gisborne Land District
Notes:
Cultivar raised from seed collected in 1944 by Norman Potts.
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Northland, Parengarenga Harbour
Verbatim locality:
Northland, Parengarenga Harbour
Verbatim collector:
N. Potts
Standardised collector:
Norman Potts
Verbatim date:
1944
Start date:
1944
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Kuri
Te Aupōuri
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-34.518734 172.969766
Habitat:
Northern side of entrance to harbour.
Notes:
Seed collected.
Permissions
Project permits
BC Provenance (BC P) | Nā wai/ Nō hea
BC Research Use (BC R) | Rangahau
BC Open to Collaboration (BC CB) | Kotahitanga
BC Open to Commercialization (BC OC) | Umanga
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