CHR 546678 A – Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 546678 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
03 June 2010
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
Determiner:
PJ de Lange
Identification date:
2006-12-05 (Verbatim: 05 Dec 2006)
Preferred name:
Centella asiatica (L.) Urb.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Apiales
Family:
Apiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Asquith Avenue, Mount Albert, Auckland
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-36.878663 174.721142
Verbatim locality:
North Island, Auckland Ecological Region, Auckland City, Mt Albert, Asquith Ave
Verbatim collector:
PJ de Lange 6800, FJT de Lange
Standardised collector:
Peter J. de Lange; Finn J. T. de Lange
Verbatim date:
05 Dec 2006
Start date:
2006-12-05
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Ecological District:
Tamaki
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki
Ngāti Maru (Hauraki)
Ngāti Paoa
Ngāti Tamaoho
Ngāti Tamaterā
Ngāti Whātua
Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei
Te Ākitai Waiohua
Te Kawerau a Maki
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
R11 641 792 (WGS84 -36.875992 174.724235)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 36°52´ S 174°43´ E (WGS84 -36.866667 174.716667)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 36°52´ S 174°43´ E (WGS84 -36.866667 174.716667)
Altitudes:
from 15m
Notes:
Known as Gotu Luku. Plants rather bright green, tasting vaguely like very strong celery (not pleasant). Forming an extensive creeping interwoven mat amongst Poa annua, Carex inversa, Pennisetum clandestinum and Lepidium didymum. Inflorescences dark crimson, almost buried within soil - not fragrant. Well established over a few metres in roadside verge and gutter - presumably escaped from nearby gardens (though not seen in these). However, site is some 10m away from where Hydrocotyle perfoliata was found naturalised last year - and that was a clear garden escape from a series of flats where Asian salad herbs were obviously being cultivated.
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
Duplicate of AK xxxxxx Auckland Museum Herbarium
Auckland, New Zealand
DUPLICATE TO: CHR, WAIK, WELT
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B.
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