CHR 594671 A – Phormium tenax 'Tapamangu'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594671 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
14 February 2007
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phormium tenax 'Tapamangu'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Tapamangu'
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Hemerocallidaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, Landcare Research
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.640337 172.477044
Verbatim locality:
Landcare Research Experimental Gardens, Lincoln
Verbatim collector:
Katarina Tawiri
Standardised collector:
Katarina Tawiri
Verbatim date:
21/2/07
Start date:
2007-02-21
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Lincoln cultivar ex Rene Orchiston Collection, Hexton, Gisborne. Orchiston ID No.18.Source: Waiomatatini, East Coast.Description: Tapa EnDash edge. Mangu EnDash black. Medium height. Straight, narrow, strong, pale green blades. Black margin and keel. Very seldom flowers. Orange flowers. Erect scapes. Short, fat seed pods. Uses: A superior cultivar. Has always been grown on the East Coast. Seiferts Superior (S.S.), a cultivar once widely used by flax millers in the Manawatu, was bred from this plant. Most fibre per width of blade of any flaxes tested by Mrs Orchiston. Strips easily and cleanly into strong, shiny fibre. A very good piupiu flax. Dries very hard to a very pale cream. Strips tested for kete dried very white when boiled for one minute, and to a pale greenish cream when unboiled. Some Urewera women used the soft, shiny fibres of the young blades for very fine baby shawls and necklace ties.
Specimen notes
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