CHR 637994 A – Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 637994 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
22 June 2016
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Melicytus aff. alpinus
Determiner:
B.P.J. Molloy
Identification date:
2002-11-15 (Verbatim: 15 Nov 2002)
Preferred name:
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Violaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
nov. sp. Wairarapa
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Mauriceville Road, [near Opaki, Masterton]
Verbatim locality:
Mauriceville Road, [near Opaki, Masterton]
Verbatim collector:
P. de Lange 4366 & A. Rebergen
Standardised collector:
Peter J. de Lange; A. Rebergen
Verbatim date:
7 Aug 2000
Start date:
2000-08-07
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Ecological District:
Eastern Wairarapa
Native lands:
Ngāti Kahungunu
Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa - Tāmaki Nui ā Rua
Rangitāne
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
T26 344 335 (WGS84 -40.874313 175.662855)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 40°53´ S 175°40´ E (WGS84 -40.883333 175.666667)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 40°53´ S 175°40´ E (WGS84 -40.883333 175.666667)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 180m
Habitat:
On stony alluvium - confined to fencelines running along road.
Abundance:
Local
Notes:
Native. Juvenile foliage variously lobed, adult leaves dark purple-brown, entire very rarely with an emarginate apex. Plants forming upright bushes - not rhizomatous. Fruit globose, pure white. A distinctive taxon perhaps closest to Melicytus "Blondin". Seeds black 1(-2) per fruit.
Observed species:
Dactylis glomerata
Muehlenbeckia axillaris x M. complexa
Leucopogon fraseri
Muehlenbeckia axillaris x M. complexa
Leucopogon fraseri
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
A = juvenile, B = adult.
Supplementary remarks:
We [DOC] are keen to get an ID on this species as it is found from only 3 sites in the Northern Wairarpa (T26 343 365) beside Opaki, Kaiparoro Road, 10 km north of Masterton.
J. Sawyer, 8 Aug 2000
J. Sawyer, 8 Aug 2000
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