CHR 572249 A – Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 572249 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
10 November 2005
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Opuntia ficus-indica
Determiner:
P. Heenan
Identification date:
2005-08-17 (Verbatim: 17/8/05)
Preferred name:
Opuntia ficus-indica (L.) Mill.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Cactaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Opuntia sp.
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Opuntia Mill.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
beside Putiki Drive, true left side of Whanganui River, Wanganui City
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-39.9408 175.055
Verbatim locality:
beside Putiki Drive, true left side of Whanganui River, Wanganui City
Verbatim collector:
CC Ogle 4707
Standardised collector:
Colin C. Ogle
Verbatim date:
21 March 2005
Start date:
2005-03-21
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Whanganui Iwi / Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi
Whanganui Land Settlement (Lower Whanganui)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
R22 856 385 (WGS84 -39.940758 175.054944)
Altitudes:
from 8m
Habitat:
Growing on near-vertical cliff beside Putiki Drive. Growing on west aspect, very sunny and dry; substrate a cemented gravel/clay - probably original river-cliff of the river before road construction, some 15 m tall.
Notes:
Plant Register ID: 2004/468This cactus growing from 3 m above road level to 10 m above road - patch some 2-4 m wide. Houses at top of the cliff - probably the cactus is an escape or discard from there. Other vegetation with the cactus is of short stature and sparse - Ehrharta erecta, Crassula multicava, Vinca major, sparse clumps of 1-2 m Lycium ferrocissimum.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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