CHR 596531 – Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 596531
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
16 April 2008
Database record updated:
11 February 2024
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Gaultheria antipoda G.Forst. × Gaultheria rupestris
Determiner:
C Bush & S Wagstaff
Identification date:
2008-04-04 (Verbatim: April 4 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:
Fantail Falls trail head. On trail to Brewster's hut. Shortly after starting trail, there is a river crossing. This plant was found on the other side of the river, on the rocky bank
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-44.081 169.39
Verbatim locality:
Fantail Falls trail head. On trail to Brewster's hut. Shortly after starting trail, there is a river crossing. This plant was found on the other side of the river, on the rocky bank.
Verbatim collector:
C Bush & S Wagstaff 459
Standardised collector:
C. Bush; S. J. Wagstaff
Verbatim date:
April 4 2008
Start date:
2008-04-04
Land District:
Westland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
2221065E 5674350N (WGS84 -44.081922 169.391301)
Abundance:
Local
Habitat:
70 degree slope to the river bank. This plant was scattered along the bank.
Abundance:
Local
Notes:
This is a putative hybrid between Gaultheria antipoda and Gaultheria rupestris. Gaultheria rupestris was not seen in the area however. Plant 1 m high, very robust shrub with many fruits. Shortened racemes. Fruits clustered at terminal ends of branchlets. Fruits are predominantly dry capsules with a fleshy red surrounding calyx. Some fruits appear to lack the fleshy calyx.
Observed species:
Sticherus cunninghamii
Coriaria arborea
Archeria
Phyllocladus alpinus
Pseudowintera colorata
Nothofagus menziesii
Coriaria arborea
Archeria
Phyllocladus alpinus
Pseudowintera colorata
Nothofagus menziesii
Specimen notes
Voucher (DNA):
DNA voucher
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