CHR 508768 – Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 508768
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 May 2019
Database record updated:
29 May 2019
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Leptospermum scoparium 'Rarawa'
Determiner:
M.I. Dawson
Identification date:
1993-11-16 (Verbatim: 16 Nov 1993)
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:
M.I. Dawson; P.B. Heenan
Standardised collector:
Murray I. Dawson; Peter B. Heenan
Verbatim date:
16 Nov 1993
Start date:
1993-11-16
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Habitat:
Cultivated. Leptospermum bed, Cockayne Garden.
Notes:
Leptospermum ‘Rarawa’ is prostrate, with large white single flowers and dense foliage.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Auckland City Council Nursery
Verbatim locality:
Auckland City Council Nursery
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Seedlings were grown on at the Auckland City Council Nursery, and the cultivar Leptospermum ‘Rarawa’ was selected from this batch.
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
North Cape, Great Exhibition Bay, Rarawa Beach
Verbatim locality:
North Cape, Great Exhibition Bay, Rarawa Beach
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Habitat:
North end of beach.
Notes:
Introduced from the wild from seed of a prostrate plant collected by Brian Toy in Feb 1986 from the north end of Rarawa Beach at Great Exhibition Bay, North Cape.
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