CHR 572813 – Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 572813
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
24 January 2005
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Determiner:
Heenan PB
Identification date:
2005-01-13 (Verbatim: 13 Jan 2005)
Preferred name:
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Whekenui Bay, Arapawa Island
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-41.2021 174.305
Verbatim locality:
Whekenui Bay, Arapawa Island
Verbatim collector:
Heenan PB
Standardised collector:
Peter B. Heenan
Verbatim date:
13 Jan 2005
Start date:
2005-01-13
Land District:
Marlborough Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāti Kōata
Ngāti Kuia
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Rangitāne o Wairau
Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
Q27 194 997 (WGS84 -41.202059 174.304595)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 5m to 50m
Habitat:
Scattered seedlings, juveniles and adult plants seen growing on rock outcrops and bluffs in this bay.
Abundance:
Local
Notes:
Naturalised from plantings made around the old homestead. The largest naturalised pohutukawa seen was on bluffs below the homestead and it was about 6 m tall and with a trunk about 35 cm diam at the base.
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