CHR 621443 B – Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 621443 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
09 July 2012
Database record updated:
10 July 2012
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
2003-12-19 (Verbatim: 19/12/03)
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Hemerocallidaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Auckland Island, Port Ross, Ranui Cove
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
50.53941 S 166.27152 E (WGS84 -50.53941 166.27152)
Verbatim locality:
Ranui Cove, Auckland Islands
Verbatim collector:
Geoff Walls
Standardised collector:
G. Walls
Verbatim date:
Land District:
Southland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Flax different from other Auckland Island flaxes. Tall plant, very broad leaves that droop and have a slight twist. Soft fibre, easy to extract.There is a large plantation near the shore about 200m east of the old coastwatch station, and a clump - undoubtedly cultivated from it - at the station itself.Flax brought and cultivated during the Ngati Mutunga/Moriori settlement of the site (1842 - 1856). A Chatham Island flax.
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 Experimental Gardens, Lincoln
Verbatim collector:
Sue Scheele
Standardised collector:
Sue Scheele
Verbatim date:
19/12/03
Start date:
2003-12-19
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheet A (flowers) to B (seeds)
Garden voucher:
165/98
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
