CHR 641042 – Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 641042
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
15 August 2016
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Melicytus sp. aff. alpinus "Southland"
Determiner:
B. Rance
Identification date:
2016-06-22 (Verbatim: 22 Jun 2016)
Preferred name:
Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Violaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Whyte property, Caroline Valley, Hokonui Hills, Southland
Verbatim locality:
Whyte property, Caroline Valley, Hokonui Hills, Southland
Verbatim collector:
B. Rance, C. Stowe & J. Bythell
Standardised collector:
Brian D. Rance; Chris Stowe; J. Bythell
Verbatim date:
22 Jun 2016
Start date:
2016-06-22
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Southland Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1247475E 4909334N (WGS84 -45.879165 168.45704)
Altitudes:
from 450m
Habitat:
Ridge crest in semi-open shrubland / forest margin. Associated with Griselinia littoralis, Plagianthus regius, Coprosma propinqua, C. virescens, Myrsine divaricata and other specimens.
Notes:
This taxa was common in this area, especially within open shrubland on hill slopes. The plants were typically < 1 m tall. It is a stout shrub with robust branches.
Observed species:
Griselinia littoralis
Plagianthus regius
Coprosma propinqua
Coprosma virescens
Myrsine divaricata
Plagianthus regius
Coprosma propinqua
Coprosma virescens
Myrsine divaricata
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