CHR 605478 – Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 605478
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
15 May 2009
Database record updated:
05 August 2009
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Pittosporum crassifolium
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2005-09-26 (Verbatim: 26 Sep 2005)
Preferred name:
Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Rosales
Family:
Pittosporaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Christchurch, South Brighton
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.5607 172.746
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, South Brighton
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 61/05
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
24 Sep 2005
Start date:
2005-09-24
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Estuary shore, top of stony bank < 2 m high.
Notes:
Shrub c. 1.5 m high, rather dense. Leaves thick, greenish-white beneath, white beneath when young; margins ± revolute. Flowers somewhat fragrant. Sepals narrow oblong, greenish-white tomentose. Petals 1.3-1.5 cm long x 4-5 mm wide, narrow elliptic, dark red, strongly revolute in distal half. Capsules 1.4-1.7 x 1.4-1.7 cm, sometimes ± laterally compressed, dark. Seeds 3-5 mm across, rather irregular shaped, shining black and very viscid. Several plants. Possibly originally planted.
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