CHR 616647 – Alternanthera denticulata R.Br.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 616647
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
21 September 2011
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Alternanthera denticulata R.Br. s. lat.
Determiner:
J.R. Hosking
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Alternanthera denticulata R.Br.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
about 70 m upstream of bridge over the Peel River at Somerton
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-30.9344 150.643
Verbatim locality:
about 70 m upstream of bridge over the Peel River at Somerton
Verbatim collector:
J.R. Hosking 3489
Standardised collector:
J. R. Hosking
Verbatim date:
13 February 2011
Start date:
2011-02-13
Land District:
New South Wales
Country:
Australia
Native lands:
Kamilaroi
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
30°56´04“ S 150°38´34“ E (WGS84 -30.934444 150.642778)
Altitudes:
from 312m
Habitat:
Landform: lower river bank above most recent mud; Substrate: basalt, quartz, and sedimentary rock; Soil: brown siltVegetation: growing with Persicaria lapathifolia, Paspalum distichum , Polygonum aviculare , Cyperus eragrostis, and Datura stramonium
Notes:
Locally common (>50 plants in collection area) prostrate to decumbent herb with branches to 35 cm high. Plants stoloniferous to rhizomatous (new silt deposited in area so difficult to determine whether one or other or both) with a number of white roots from lower nodes. Stems green to pink-brown. Leaves mid green, slightly paler on lower surface, midrib pale green and obvious, margins with widely spaced short teeth. Flowers appear to have around 8 stamens and staminodes, most flowers with 3 or 4 stamens that have greenish white filaments and yellow anthers. Ovary green with a yellow stigma. Fruit obcordate and green to white or pale brown at this time. Bracts white. Tepals lacking hairs towards base on outer surface. Digital images of this collection with John Hosking.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, Landcare Research
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.640337 172.477044
Verbatim locality:
Landcare Research, Lincoln, PC2 Lab
Verbatim collector:
D. Goeke
Standardised collector:
D. Goeke
Verbatim date:
18 Apr 2011
Start date:
2011-04-18
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Plant maintained in glass terrarium
Specimen notes
Voucher (DNA):
Sample XV. Voucher for DNA & Flow Cytometry
Supplementary remarks:
Live plant received at Landcare Research, Lincoln on 15 February 2011.
Plant maintained in a glass terrarium until 18 April 2011 for Research.
Project: Alligator Weed. Researchers: G. Houliston & D. Goeke.
MAF Transfer Approval to the Allan Herbarium (CHR), from PC 2 lab,
MH 1169, PO index in Gem lab folder - 15 March 2011.
Pressed by D. Goeke on 18 April 2011.
Duplicates
CANB:
Direction:
Duplicate
MEL:
Direction:
Duplicate
NE:
Direction:
Duplicate
NSW:
Direction:
Duplicate
TARCH: TARCH 7931
Direction:
Received
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
