CHR 526567 B – Berberis japonica (Thunb.) R.Br.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 526567 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
14 June 2018
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Berberis japonica (Thunb.) R.Br.
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2018-07 (Verbatim: Jul 2018)
Preferred name:
Berberis japonica (Thunb.) R.Br.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Ranunculales
Family:
Berberidaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Mahonia japonica
Determiner:
C.R. Higgie; C.C. Ogle
Identification date:
2018-03-06 (Verbatim: 6 Mar 2018)
Preferred name:
Berberis japonica (Thunb.) R.Br.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Whanganui, Fordell, Denlair Road, Pohutukawa Lane
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
S22 013 385 (WGS84 -39.937307 175.238609)
Verbatim locality:
Whanganui, Fordell, Pohutukawa Lane, (off Denlair Road), 'Paloma Gardens'
Verbatim collector:
C.C. Ogle 6561; C.R. Higgie
Standardised collector:
Colin C. Ogle; Clive R. Higgie
Verbatim date:
4 Mar 2018
Start date:
2018-03-04
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Apa
Whanganui Iwi / Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi
Whanganui Land Settlement (Lower Whanganui)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
S22 009 385 (WGS84 -39.937399 175.23393)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 160m
Habitat:
Valley side, planted as an arboretum.
Microhabitat:
Tall bamboo spp., Trachycarpus fortunei thicket.
Abundance:
Local
Keywords:
Clay; Dry; Garden; Humus; Loam; Lowland; Sand(mud)stone; Shortforest(2.5-20m); Slope
Notes:
Adult tree present, but these pieces are off a 2 m slender seedling with dark glossy leaves (paler below); underbark yellow; very sharp spines on leaflet margins (and stipules?).
Observed species:
Trachycarpus fortunei
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Supplementary remarks:
Mahonia duclouxiana which grows right beside M. japonica; it has some decumbent stems that do take root, but probably not much over a metre from where it was planted. M. duclouxiana is not adventive in this garden.
C.C. Ogle, 29 May 2018
C.C. Ogle, 29 May 2018
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