CHR 641948 – Ruppia L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 641948
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
08 May 2017
Database record updated:
30 July 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ruppia sp.
Determiner:
I. Schönberger
Identification date:
2017-05-03 (Verbatim: 3 May 2017)
Preferred name:
Ruppia L.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Najadales
Family:
Ruppiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Ruppia died out in Te Waihora (Lake Ellesmere) in 1968 (Wahine storm). Since that time, the lake has been too turbid for the plants to repopulate. Where there is sufficient light in the shallows, wave action and grazing by swans rapidly removes any regenerating weed.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere, between L II river mouth and lakeside
Verbatim locality:
Te Waihora Lake Ellesmere, between L II river mouth and lakeside
Verbatim collector:
Kaelyb C. Anderson
Standardised collector:
Kaelyb C. Anderson
Verbatim date:
30 April 2017
Start date:
2017-04-30
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Local heights:
from 1m
Habitat:
0.5 m of water
Notes:
Giant seed ball accumulated over 50? years
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
See oversize collections
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
