CHR 571407 – Pleurophascum ovalifolium Fife & P.J.Dalton
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 571407
Specimen type:
Packet
Database record added:
13 October 2005
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Pleurophascum ovalifolium Fife & P.J.Dalton
Determiner:
Allan Fife
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Pleurophascum ovalifolium Fife & P.J.Dalton
Division:
Bryophyta
Class:
Bryatae
Family:
Pleurophascaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Denniston Plateau, near [near] junction of Webb Stream and Waimangaroa River
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-41.7197 171.874
Verbatim locality:
Denniston Plateau, nr [near] junction of Webb Stream and Waimangaroa R. [River]
Verbatim collector:
Allan Fife 11791; P. Knightbridge
Standardised collector:
Allan J. Fife; P. Knightbridge
Verbatim date:
25 Feb 2005
Start date:
2005-02-25
Land District:
Westland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
L29 163 424 (WGS84 -41.719717 171.87406)
Altitudes:
from 600m
Habitat:
Leptospermum scoparium - Dracophyllum ? palustre - Empodisma minus - Carpha cf. alpina - Chionochloa cf. rubra turf tussock shrublandDrosera spathulata within 0.5 m.
Notes:
c.fr.; largest capsules 9-10 mm Ø [diameter], bright red-orange when freshshallow pool ringed by coarse sandstone and adjacent to coal measures; edge of small Carpha - Empodisma hummocks in pool c. < 5 cm deep and < 2 m Ø [diameter]; w [with] few plants Campylopus introflexus, Wijkia extenuata, Riccardia australis, Leucobryum candidum and atypical Dicranoloma robustum.Ca 30 sporophytes located after searching for c. 1 hr on terraces in Webb Stream catchment; a second colony of 200-300 sporophytes (AJF 11795) located en route back to road end.Photographed for publication.I believe all capsules here are result of fertilization in spring of the current growing season.The spores in the one capsule dissected are broadly oval and 36-45 µm in greater diam. [diameter], ± smooth, and filled w [with] numerous (40 or more) globose, oily bodies, 4-11 µm diameter.
Observed species:
Drosera spathulata
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