CHR 596500 – Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 596500
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
16 April 2008
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst. × Gaultheria macrostigma
Determiner:
C Bush & S Wagstaff
Identification date:
2008-04-12 (Verbatim: April 12 2008)
Preferred name:
Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Tongariro National Park. On trail from Waihohonu hut to Desert Road, closer to Desert Road in forest section
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-39.2262 175.716
Verbatim locality:
Tongariro National Park. On trail from Waihohonu hut to Desert Road, closer to Desert Road in forest section.
Verbatim collector:
C Bush & S Wagstaff 490
Standardised collector:
C. Bush; S. J. Wagstaff
Verbatim date:
April 12 2008
Start date:
2008-04-12
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
39°13.572´ S 175°42.957´ E (WGS84 -39.2262 175.71595)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 1022m
Habitat:
This plant was found in shady black beech forest. Topsoil was beech leaves. Deep soil. Flat area near trail.
Abundance:
Local
Notes:
This is a putative hybrid between Gaultheria antipoda and Gaultheria macrostigma. ~ 15 cm high. Sparsely branched like macrostigma. Pink berry. Dark pink fleshy calyx (green/yellow non fleshy sepal tips). Solitary and axillary fruits. Saw a similar plant to this (berry/fleshy calyx) with light pink fruits. Collection #490 had dark pink fruits.
Observed species:
Cyathodes
Griselinia
Nothofagus solandri
Griselinia
Nothofagus solandri
Specimen notes
Voucher (DNA):
DNA voucher
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