Systematics Collections Data

CHR 653055 – Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 653055
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
15 September 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:
New Zealand Christmass tree, pohutukawa
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Track from Kohi Point walkway up to 200m past Kohi Point lookout
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  37.95472000 S 177.00861 E  (WGS84 -37.95472 177.00861)
Verbatim locality:
Track from Kohi Point walkway up to 200m past Kohi Point lookout, collected from track, Kohi Ponit Walkway, Bay of Plenty
Verbatim collector:
J. Bond CNIWHAJBPC03, P. Cashmore
Standardised collector:
J. Bond; P. Cashmore
Verbatim date:
16 May 2017
Start date:
2017-05-16
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
South Auckland Land District
Ecological Region:
Whakatane
Ecological District:
Taneatua
Native lands:
Ngāti Awa
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  37.95472000 S 177.00861 E  (WGS84 -37.95472 177.00861)
Topo 50 Map Grid:   BE40 522 916  (WGS84 -37.954939 177.008259)
Altitudes:
from 100m to 160m
Habitat:
Associated species: Coastal shrubland, emergent scattered Metrosideros excelsa and Knightia excelsa overLeptospermum scoparium, Leucopogon fasciculatus, At Otarawairere Bay, Metrosideros excelsa forest subcanopy of Pittosporum crassifolium. Habitat modification: N/A Land use: Indigenous regenerating coastal forest. Landform: Peninsula, cliffs. Soil: Sandy loam. Aspect: N, Cliff.
Microhabitat:
Plant height 8m
Observed species:
Metrosideros excelsa
Knightia excelsa
Leptospermum scoparium
Leucopogon fasciculatus
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 50386
Permissions
Project permits
Project title:
Local Contexts - Allan Herbarium (CHR)
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice