Specimen Details

CHR 649897 – Metrosideros umbellata Cav.

Data provider:

Allan Herbarium

Barcode:

CHR 649897

Specimen type:

Sheet

Database record added:

20 October 2021

Database record updated:

24 February 2023

Components

Primary component

Active identification

Determined name:

Metrosideros umbellata Cav.

Determiner:

Identification date:

Preferred name:

Metrosideros umbellata Cav.

Division:

Spermatophyta

Class:

Magnoliopsida

Order:

Myrtales

Family:

Myrtaceae

Vernacular name:

Southern rata

Identification type:

Determination

Collection events

Primary collection event

Collection event type:

Field

Standard locality

Location:

Lake Rotoiti shoreline, St. Arnaud, Tasman

Verbatim locality:

Lake Rotoiti shoreline, St. Arnaud, Tasman

Verbatim collector:

R. Gaskell 9070MOTRG13, N. Joice

Standardised collector:

R. Gaskell; N. Joice

Verbatim date:

22 May 2017

Start date:

2017-05-22

Country:

New Zealand

Land District:

Nelson Land District

Ecological Region:

Spenser

Ecological District:

Rotoroa

Native lands:

Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō

Ngāti Kōata

Ngāti Kuia

Ngāti Rārua

Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu

Ngāti Toa Rangatira

Rangitāne o Wairau

Georeferences:

Latitude and Longitude (WGS84): 41.84103000 S 172.8337500 E (WGS84 -41.84103 172.83375)
Topo 50 Map Grid: BS24 862 679 (WGS84 -41.840667 172.833787)

Altitudes:

from 610m

Habitat:

Associated species: Pittosporum tenuifolium, Myrsine divaricata, Fuscospora fusca, F. solandri. Land use: National Park. Landform: Colluvial slope/lake shore. Geology: Greywacke. Soil colour and exture: Silt, Rocky. Aspect: E, W. Slope: Steep.

Notes:

Iwi/hapu: Ngai Apa Plant height 5-8m

Observed species:

Pittosporum tenuifolium
Myrsine divaricata
Fuscospora fusca
Fuscospora solandri

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 50563

Permissions

Project permits

Project title:

Local Contexts - Allan Herbarium (CHR)

Reference:

CHR Collection - Local Contexts

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