CHR 572488 – Machaerina teretifolia (R.Br.) T.Koyama
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 572488
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
24 January 2007
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Baumea teretifolia (R.Br.) Palla
Determiner:
Melanie Dixon
Identification date:
2006-02 (Verbatim: February 2006)
Preferred name:
Machaerina teretifolia (R.Br.) T.Koyama
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
conf. Kerry Ford 21/2/2006
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Poplar Ave wetland (adjacent to 68 Poplar Ave), Queen Elizabeth Regional Park, Raumati, Kapiti Coast
Verbatim locality:
Poplar Ave wetland (adjacent to 68 Poplar Ave), Queen Elizabeth Regional Park, Raumati, Kapiti Coast
Verbatim collector:
Melanie Dixon
Standardised collector:
Melanie Dixon
Verbatim date:
17 February 2006
Start date:
2006-02-17
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Muaūpoko
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Te Atiawa ki Whakarongotai
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
2676871E 6027785N (WGS84 -40.939468 174.982066)
Habitat:
This 3 hectare manuka/sedge fen occurs in a hollow between sand dunes. Isolepis prolifer is the most common sedge present. The wetland was very dry at the time of collection, with no open water.
Notes:
Plant Register ID: 2005/480This plant occurs as scattered clumps throughout the wetland. This was one of the few flowering specimens found. A species list was developed for this site by local botanical society members in 2002. They did not find flowering Baumea at the time and provisionally identified it as B. tenax. This site is listed in Kapiti Coast District CouncilRightSingleQuotes District Plan as ecological site K184.
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