CHR 649815 – Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 649815
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
10 March 2021
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Vernacular name:
Pohutukawa
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Awhitu Peninsula
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
37.08593299 S 174.730887 E (WGS84 -37.085933 174.730887)
Verbatim locality:
Awhitu Peninsula
Verbatim collector:
S.P. Benham
Standardised collector:
S. P. Benham
Verbatim date:
29 April 2015
Start date:
2015-04-29
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Ecological Region:
Auckland
Ecological District:
Awhitu
Native lands:
Te Ākitai Waiohua
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
37.08593299 S 174.730887 E (WGS84 -37.085933 174.730887)
Topo 50 Map Grid: BB31 538 942 (WGS84 -37.08587 174.730432)
Topo 50 Map Grid: BB31 538 942 (WGS84 -37.08587 174.730432)
Altitudes:
from 54m
Habitat:
Remnant pohutukawa forest - on south-facing valley slope. Roger Milne, Awhitu Gully Rd, Wattle Bay.
Land use: Farming. Landform: Steep valley. Geology: Sandstone. Aspect: S-facing. Soil colour and texture: Sandy.
Notes:
20-30m tree
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
New Zealand Indigenous Flora Seed Bank
NZIFSB accession NZ180
Herbarium history:
Dame Ella Campbell Herbarium (MPN)
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
MPN 48849
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