Systematics Collections Data

CHR 606030 – Poa cita Edgar

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 606030
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 July 2009
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Poa cita
Determiner:
Ford KA
Identification date:
2009-07-13 (Verbatim: 13 July 2009)
Preferred name:
Poa cita Edgar
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Gramineae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Ecological Region: Banks Peninsula; Bowenvale Valley, Christchurch, on 4 Wheel Drive track
Verbatim locality:
Ecological Region: Banks Peninsula; Bowenvale Valley, Christchurch, on 4 Wheel Drive track
Verbatim collector:
Alice Shanks
Standardised collector:
Alice Shanks
Verbatim date:
6 December 2004
Start date:
2004-12-06
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Ecological District:
Port Hills
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Grid:  2482007E 5734586N  (WGS84 -43.595647 172.653176)
Altitudes:
from 237m
Habitat:
bare loess track with Poa cita and Poa labillardierei along margin. Common Inter-tussock species: Bromus hordeaceus, Dactylis glomeratus, Lolium perenne, Cynosurus echinatus, Elymus scabra, Trifolium repens, Trifolium dubium.
Notes:
flowering - not a Poa cita flowerhead but leaves look like Poa cita. 50 m above Christchurch City Council Silver Tussock monitoring transect BV5.
Observed species:
Bromus hordeaceus
Dactylis glomerata
Lolium perenne
Cynosurus echinatus
Elymus scaber
Trifolium repens
Trifolium dubium
Poa labillardierei
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Lg = 3.48 ug = 3.84 Lemma = 4.64 Spikelet - 8.24, 7.44 5-veined lemma. Nerves scabrid. Scabrid internodes & possibly pappilose. Leaves scabrid above. Shaded.
Ford KA, 13 July 2009
Permissions
Project permits
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice