CHR 508786 A – Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 508786 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
21 May 2019
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Leptospermum scoparium 'Karekare'
Determiner:
M.I. Dawson
Identification date:
1993-11-09 (Verbatim: 9 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:
Auckland Botanic Gardens, Hill Road, Manurewa, Auckland
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-37.01137 174.907722
Verbatim locality:
Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens Manurewa
Verbatim collector:
M.I. Dawson
Standardised collector:
Murray I. Dawson
Verbatim date:
9 Nov 1993
Start date:
1993-11-09
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Pure white, well-spaced, single flowers, distinctive fresh-green broad leaves, and a compact growth habit.
Introduced [into cultivation] by Graeme Platt, who discovered the original plant growing wild on the side of Lone Kauri Road, behind the beach at Karekare, Auckland, during the 1970s.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Auckland, Karekare, Lone Kauri Road, behind beach
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-36.986617 174.479082
Verbatim locality:
Auckland, Karekare, Lone Kauri Road, behind beach
Verbatim collector:
Graeme Platt
Standardised collector:
G. Platt
Verbatim date:
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Tamaoho
Ngāti Whātua
Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei
Te Ākitai Waiohua
Te Kawerau a Maki
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-36.986617 174.479082
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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