CHR 529796 A – Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 529796 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
23 June 1999
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
[Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.]
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2008-05-19 (Verbatim: 19-5-2008)
Preferred name:
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Iridaceae
Identification type:
Confirmation
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1997-11-30 (Verbatim: 30-NOV-1997)
Preferred name:
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Auckland, Glen Eden, Waikumete Cemetery
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-36.905 174.647
Verbatim locality:
Waikumete Cemetery
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 367/97
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
30-NOV-1997
Start date:
1997-11-30
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāti Tamaoho
Ngāti Tamaterā
Ngāti Whātua
Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei
Te Ākitai Waiohua
Te Kawerau a Maki
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
N 42 17- 54- (WGS84 -36.898622 174.653835)
New Zealand Map Series 260: R 11 573 764 (WGS84 -36.902423 174.648582)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 36°54´ S 174°38.9´ E (WGS84 -36.9 174.648333)
New Zealand Map Series 260: R 11 573 764 (WGS84 -36.902423 174.648582)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 36°54´ S 174°38.9´ E (WGS84 -36.9 174.648333)
Habitat:
Amongst old graves, in broad grassy paths and between gravestones.
Notes:
Cormous herb. Leaves distichous. Inflorescence stems erect to nearly 1m high, strongly marked with red. Sheaths reddish. Perianth directed outwards, creamy-white; 4-5cm long; tube curved forwards and amplicate; lobes 2.2-2.8cm long x 1-1.2cm wide (inner lobes), somewhat irregular limb with upper lobes more or less curving over male and female and lowest lobe more or less recurved. Male and female parts white or cream. A number of plants, amongst the very common pink form.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B.
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