CHR 649835 – Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 649835
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
23 June 2021
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Coprosma rigida Cheeseman
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Rubiales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
50m past gate in second railway reserve, Mataroa, Taihape
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
39.63944999 S 175.7121400 E (WGS84 -39.63945 175.71214)
Verbatim locality:
50m past gate in second railway reserve, Mataroa, Taihape
Verbatim collector:
J. Schnell JS138
Standardised collector:
J. Schnell
Verbatim date:
28 Mar 2017
Start date:
2017-03-28
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Ecological Region:
Kaimanawa
Ecological District:
Kaimanawa
Native lands:
Ngāti Rangi
Whanganui Iwi / Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
39.63944999 S 175.7121400 E (WGS84 -39.63945 175.71214)
Topo 50 Map Grid: BK35 327 087 (WGS84 -39.639844 175.711726)
Topo 50 Map Grid: BK35 327 087 (WGS84 -39.639844 175.711726)
Altitudes:
from 563m
Habitat:
Olearia gardneri, Myrsine divaricata, Sophora spp., Coprosma rigida, Melicytus flexuosus, Raukaua anomalus, Korthalsella lindsayi.
Habitat modification: Previously grazed. Land use: Farmland. Landform: Valley. Geology: Papa/limestone. Southfacing slope.
Notes:
Bushy large shrub with wide-angled orange twigs bearing clusters of pairs of small oval leaves. Leaves 4-9mm, margins red, widest near the often dented tip which has very small hairs (lens needed). Young twigs fuzzy, older twigs shiny orange or red. Fruit yellow.
Observed species:
Olearia gardneri
Myrsine divaricata
Sophora spp.
Coprosma rigida
Melicytus flexuosus
Raukaua anomalus
Korthalsella lindsayi
Myrsine divaricata
Sophora spp.
Coprosma rigida
Melicytus flexuosus
Raukaua anomalus
Korthalsella lindsayi
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
New Zealand Indigenous Flora Seed Bank
NZIFSB accession
Herbarium history:
Dame Ella Campbell Herbarium (MPN)
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
MPN 50347
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