CHR 652060 – Epilobium L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 652060
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
03 May 2023
Database record updated:
20 January 2026
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Epilobium Romorovianum Lev
Determiner:
R. Melville
Identification date:
1961-12-18 (Verbatim: 18.12.1961)
Preferred name:
Epilobium L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Onagraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Lake Lyndon, near Porters Pass
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
43.303694 S 171.700716 E (WGS84 -43.303694 171.700716)
Verbatim locality:
Lake Lyndon, ca 12 mls. W. of Springfield, Tawara Co., Canterbury
Verbatim collector:
R. & E.F. Melville & P. Wardle
Standardised collector:
Ronald Melville; Elsie F. Melville; Peter Wardle
Verbatim date:
18.12.1961
Start date:
1961-12-18
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Habitat:
On the shingly foreshore of the lake
Notes:
Plants prostrate, flowers white.
Melville no. 5610
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
Ex. Herb. Hort. Bot. Reg. Kew.
Ex. Herbario Kewensi
Flora of New Zealand
Collected during the tenure of a Senior Research Fellowship of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. N.Z.
Supplementary remarks:
[Filed in Undet. folder]
PA Greer, Jan 2026
PA Greer, Jan 2026
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