Systematics Collections Data

CHR 609354 – Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 609354
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
02 June 2010
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Muehlenbeckia complexa
Determiner:
Rob Smissen
Identification date:
2010-12 (Verbatim: Dec 2010)
Preferred name:
Muehlenbeckia complexa (A.Cunn.) Meisn.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Polygonales
Family:
Polygonaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Interesting suite illustrating problems with this taxon. CHR currently doesn't recognise var grandiflora. Some parentage from Muehlenbeckia australis seems credible.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Bushy Park, Rangitatau East Road, Kai Iwi, Whanganui
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -39.797826  174.927316 
Verbatim locality:
Bushy Park, Rangatatau East Rd, Kai-iwi, Wanganui
Verbatim collector:
C C Ogle 5723
Standardised collector:
Colin C. Ogle
Verbatim date:
5 May 2010
Start date:
2010-05-05
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngā Rauru Kītahi
Whanganui Land Settlement (Lower Whanganui)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:   R22 752 553  (WGS84 -39.791587 174.928953)
Abundance:
Occasional
Altitudes:
from 260m
Habitat:
Outside forest edge, on hillslope. Sunny.with sparse 1- 4 m Hedycarya arborea
Abundance:
Occasional
Keywords:
Dry; Exposed; Fernland; Hill; Margin; Open; Seral; Slope; Sunny; Mud stone
Notes:
Plant Register ID: 2009/1093cf. #5722 [CHR 609353] and also #5721 [CHR 609352]. Has leaf size and shape of Muehlenbeckia australis, stem pubescence of M. "grand" (see also 5724 [CHR 609355].
Observed species:
Pteridium esculentum
Hypolepis ambigua
Hedycarya arborea
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Muehlenbeckia australis × Muehlenbeckia complexa var. grandifolia ?
C C Ogle, 5 May 2010
Permissions
Project permits
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice