CHR 588521 – Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 588521
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
22 May 2015
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Determiner:
J.L. Birch
Identification date:
2011-07 (Verbatim: July 2011)
Preferred name:
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Asteliaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Mt. Egmont National Park, Mt. Egmont, Potaema Track, right hand side of road heading towards skifield, 2 km past Mountain House
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-39.3051 174.123
Verbatim locality:
Mt. Egmont National Park, Mt. Egmont, Potaema Track, right hand side of road heading towards skifield, 2 km past Mountain House.
Verbatim collector:
J.L. Birch 207
Standardised collector:
J. L. Birch
Collectors reference no.:
207
Verbatim date:
11 Dec 2007
Start date:
2007-12-11
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Taranaki Land District
Native lands:
Ngāruahine
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
39°18.308´ S 174°7.385´ E (WGS84 -39.305133 174.123083)
Altitudes:
from 857m
Habitat:
Scrub vegetation adjacent to roadside
Notes:
Vegetation Notes: Canopy ca. 2 m with dense understory. Habit: Plant 55.9 cm tall, terrestrial. Gender: staminate. Longest leaves 76.2 cm long x 0.95 cm wide. Keeled along midrib, leaf margins erect rather than spreading at base, spreading ca. 5.1 cm from base. Hyaline margins present. Adaxial surface with fine scales visible, pellicle persistant at apex. Abaxial surface bronze pellicle obscuring leaf surface. Distinct scales appressed on leaf surface with basal wool. Adaxially 1 lateral vein dominant, 2 other subequal veins each side of midvein, abaxially 3x veins visible each side of midvein. Inflorescence inserted within leaves, 27.3 cm long, peduncle 7.62 cm. Bracts present throughout pancicle, long acuminate, bronze on margins and abaxial surface. Rachis hirsute but not densely so with surface remaining visible. Lowest Bract bearing Branched panicle containing 2 racemes. Flowers not densely arranged on raceme, 25 flowers in single raceme 12.07 cm long. Bracteoles present, exserted beyond tepals. Pistillode present but small, some with 3x stigma lobes visible, but not enlarged. Rachis and pedicle with red coloration present as speckles.
Observed species:
Dracophyllum sp.
Olearia sp.
Hebe sp.
Olearia sp.
Hebe sp.
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
Joseph F. Rock Herbarium (HAW). University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai'i. Plants of the Hawaiian Islands, Kauai.
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