CHR 621447 – Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 621447
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:
2004-01-13 (Verbatim: 13/1/04)
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:
Campbell Island, Tucker Valley
Verbatim locality:
Tucker Valley, Campbell Island
Verbatim collector:
Geoff Walls
Standardised collector:
G. Walls
Verbatim date:
December 1995
Start date:
1995-12
Land District:
Southland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Collected by Geoff Walls, DoC, Napier.Flax taken from clump at old derelict Tucker Camp, site of WWII Coastwatch Station, that subsequently became the first meteorological station. Planted in mid-1950s by George Poppleton, Meteorological Service, who took divisions from the Tucker Cove plantation.Leaves very erect, dark red edges and bases. Fibre easy to extract, long, very strong and fairly coarse.
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:
13/1/04
Start date:
2004-01-13
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Specimen notes
Garden voucher:
162/98
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
