Systematics Collections Data

CHR 535244 – Puccinellia walkeri subsp. chathamica (Cheeseman) Edgar

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 535244
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
23 March 2000
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Puccinellia walkeri subsp. chathamica
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Puccinellia walkeri subsp. chathamica (Cheeseman) Edgar
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Gramineae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
South of Point Gap, SW Chatham I
Verbatim locality:
South of Point Gap, SW Chatham I.
Verbatim collector:
Geoff Walls; Amanda Baird
Standardised collector:
G. Walls; A. Baird
Verbatim date:
23-3-99
Start date:
1999-03-23
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Moriori
Moriori
Ngati Mutunga o Wharekauri
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:   CH2 376 417  (WGS84 -44.07412 -176.654191)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 3m
Habitat:
Steep scarp just above splash zone and also in rock crevices.
Abundance:
Local
Notes:
Scattered sparsely along c.200m stretch of coast. Growing taller & lusher where site wetter & more fertile; shorter and nuggety where drier and less fertile. Most plants in seed; flowering now on new foliage. Not previously recorded from this coast. Another small population found at Otawae Point CH2/384384. N.B. 3 samples pressed: all from same site. [See CHR 533111 and CHR 533112 for other collections]
Observed species:
Apium prostratum
Disphyma papillatum
Festuca coxii
Senecio radiolatus
Permissions
Project permits
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice