CHR 592350 – Parsonsia heterophylla A.Cunn.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 592350
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
17 March 2008
Database record updated:
16 April 2008
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Parsonsia heterophylla
Determiner:
Joe Cartman
Identification date:
2007-12-05 (Verbatim: 5-12-2007)
Preferred name:
Parsonsia heterophylla A.Cunn.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Joe Cartman's property, Whites Road, Cooptown, Banks Peninsula
Verbatim locality:
Joe Cartman's property, Whites Road, Cooptown, Banks Peninsula
Verbatim collector:
Joe Cartman
Standardised collector:
J. Cartman
Verbatim date:
5-12-2007
Start date:
2007-12-05
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
It is unusual in that it is yellow, the normal colour being white.I found 2 yellow plants among hundreds of the normal white.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
I am aware of yellow Parsonsia heterophylla and have seen a plant in the Botanic gardens.
According to Botanic Gardens staff the origin of this plant is unknown.
I spoke to Hugh Wilson about this plant and he had not seen a yellow plant on Banks Peninsula either.
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