CHR 594680 A – Phormium tenax 'Tukura'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594680 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
12 February 2007
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phormium tenax 'Tukura'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Tukura'
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:
Lara Nicholson
Standardised collector:
L. Nicholson
Verbatim date:
13/5/03
Start date:
2003-05-13
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Lincoln cultivar ex Rene Orchiston Collection, Hexton, Gisborne. Orchiston ID No. 4.Source: Waihirere, Gisborne District.Description: A fine cultivar. Tall, very bendy leaves, soft but strong. Red margin and keel. Young leaves show reddish/brown shading at tips of blades. Flowers orange. Scapes erect. Long, narrow, pods. Grown in many districts under different names. Uses: Do not boil, but just drag through boiling water. Gum at base has definite healing properties and was used for treating burns.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
Permissions
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