CHR 618132 – Persicaria microcephala (D.Don) H.Gross
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 618132
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
14 June 2012
Database record updated:
05 September 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Persicaria microcephala ?
Determiner:
Dagmar Goeke & Gary Houliston
Identification date:
2013-02-08 (Verbatim: 8 Feb 2013)
Preferred name:
Persicaria microcephala (D.Don) H.Gross
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Polygonales
Family:
Polygonaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Chloroplast sequence data analysis (best genebank match in %): rbcL: 100 % match to Persicaria microcephala and 99 % match to Polygonum chinense; trnL-trnF: 100 % match to Polygonum chinense and 99 % match to Persicaria capitata.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Persicaria chinensis ?
Determiner:
Darion Embling
Identification date:
2012-02-29 (Verbatim: 29 Feb 2012)
Preferred name:
Persicaria chinensis (L.) H.Gross
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
conf. P.B. Heenan 02/03/2012
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
42 Whitikahu Rd, Taupiri, Waikato
Verbatim locality:
42 Whitikahu Rd, Taupiri, Waikato
Verbatim collector:
Heidi Penne
Standardised collector:
Heidi Penne
Verbatim date:
Feb 2012
Start date:
2012-02
Land District:
South Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Display garden in old homestead - possibly plantedMPI Accession No.: CK 004
Notes:
1 m tall, but has been cut back on a regular basis
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
probably Persicaria chinensis, a few hairs only on ochrea; does not fit the available description of P. microcephala. No voucher material of P. microcephala available for comparison.
P.B. Heenan, 2 Mar 2012
P.B. Heenan, 2 Mar 2012
Assigned reference numbers
Plant Identification Number:
2011/0556
Permissions
Project permits
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