CHR 551751 – Leontodon saxatilis Lam.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 551751
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 November 2006
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Leontodon saxatilis Lam.
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2015-03-05 (Verbatim: 5 Mar 2015)
Preferred name:
Leontodon saxatilis Lam.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
Asteraceae in Flora of North America online date 2006, Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed): Flora of North America. Oxford University Press, New York, USA
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Leontodon taraxacoides
Determiner:
B.M.Waterhouse
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Leontodon saxatilis Lam.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Niue. Telecommunications installation, Kaimiti
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-19.0708 -169.909
Verbatim locality:
Niue. Telecommunications installation, Kaimiti
Verbatim collector:
B.M.Waterhouse BMW7084
Standardised collector:
B. M. Waterhouse
Verbatim date:
31/17/2004
Start date:
2004
Country:
Niue
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
19°4.25´ S 169°54.54´ W (WGS84 -19.070833 -169.909)
Habitat:
Skeletal soil on limestone.
Notes:
Rosette forming herb with slender sinuately toothed or lobed leaves. Central vein white, leaves slightly paler beneath and hairy along dorsal surface of central vein.Inflorescence a single capitulum at the end of a long scape (to 40cm). Involucral bracts green. Ray and disc florets bright yellow; shrivel and close as specimens dry. Common weed of lawn areas near airport, golf club and at this telecommunication centre on hilltop outside main settlement. Occaisonal plants observed in other settlements around island.Specimens sent to: BRI, CHR, BISH
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
NAQS Botanical Collection - Mareeba, Queensland
Supplementary remarks:
Collected as part of the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy. This specimen has been treated with ethanol and gamma irradiated @ 25 Kgy for quarantine purposes.
B.M.Waterhouse
B.M.Waterhouse
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