CHR 524790 – Ruppia megacarpa R.Mason
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 524790
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
10 September 2001
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ruppia megacarpa Mason
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Ruppia megacarpa R.Mason
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Najadales
Family:
Ruppiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Lake Ellesmere / Te Waihora
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.788 172.445
Verbatim locality:
Lake Ellesmere
Verbatim collector:
R. Mason
Standardised collector:
Ruth Mason
Verbatim date:
1946
Start date:
1946
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.853 S 172.364 E (WGS84 -43.853 172.364)
Habitat:
Washed up on shore.
Notes:
Fruits of Ruppia megacarpa. Such balls were once commonly found on the lake edges. [See fruit collection.]
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