Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
38°14´ South 174°56´ East (WGS84 -38.233333 174.933333)
New Zealand Map Series 260:
R16 795 284 (WGS84 -38.231593 174.934522)
Altitudes:
from 460m
Notes:
Male tree in full flower. Flowers with white petals, strongly smelling of rotting meat. Blowflies commonly observed visiting flowers and getting covered in pollen. Pollen transfer to adjacent female trees observed. Thus despite apparently wind-pollinated flower syndrome, some insect pollination seems likely. nrDNA ITS voucher, University of Auckland.
Specimen notes
Voucher (pollen):
Pollen Slide No. 10515
Voucher:
Leaf material removed for DNA analysis by G.M.Plunkett
J. Cruickshank, 10 Mar 2011