Systematics Collections Data

CHR 512640 – Racomitrium didymum (Mont.) Lorentz

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 512640
Specimen type:
Packet
Database record added:
11 April 1997
Database record updated:
11 February 2024
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Racomitrium didymum (Mont.) Lorentz
Determiner:
J. Larraín
Identification date:
2023-11-16 (Verbatim: 16 nov 2023)
Preferred name:
Racomitrium didymum (Mont.) Lorentz
Division:
Bryophyta
Class:
Bryatae
Family:
Grimmiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Herbarium CON -Basal marginal band weak -Nerve quite variable in shape and anatomy -Borders mostly monostratose -Leaf point bluntly dentate -Plants variable, some short and dark, others large and yellow
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Racomitrium cf. heterostichum
Determiner:
Fife AJ
Identification date:
1993-01-25 (Verbatim: 25-JAN-1993)
Preferred name:
Racomitrium heterostichum (Hedw.) Brid.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Arthur's Pass National Park, gorge of Rough Creek
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -42.9488  171.56 
Verbatim locality:
Arthur's Pass National Park, gorge of Rough Creek
Verbatim collector:
Fife AJ 9888; Perry R; Murray B
Standardised collector:
Allan J. Fife; R. Perry; Barbara M. Murray
Verbatim date:
25-JAN-1993
Start date:
1993-01-25
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Ecological District:
Arthur's Pass
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:   S59 04- 27-  (WGS84 -42.948955 171.550539)
New Zealand Map Series 260:   K33 92- 05-  (WGS84 -42.948727 171.559953)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  42°56´ S 171°33.2´ E  (WGS84 -42.933333 171.553333)
Abundance:
Common
Altitudes:
from 770m
Habitat:
Exposed boulder at edge of open stream bed within Nothofagus solandri subalpine forest.
Abundance:
Common
Keywords:
Greywacke; Open; Subalpine
Notes:
Seeming quite distinct from the more yellow Racomitrium crispulum (cf. 9887 - CHR 512639); quite black and sparsely branched; capsules longer (c.2mm) than adjacent colonies of Racomitrium crispulum.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
[of determination as Racomitrium didymum (Mont.) Lorentz] -Basal marginal band weak -Nerve qutie variable in shape and anatomy -Borders mostly monostratose -Leaf point bluntly dentate -Plants variable, some short and dark, others large and yellow
J. Larraín, 16 nov 2023
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Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
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