CHR 653072 – Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 653072
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
03 November 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 Christmas tree, pohutukawa
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Waimahuru Scenic Reserve, Gisborne
Verbatim locality:
Waimahuru Scenic Reserve, Gisborne
Verbatim collector:
G. Atkins 9065GISEC2995
Standardised collector:
G. Atkins
Verbatim date:
18 May 2017
Start date:
2017-05-18
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Gisborne Land District
Ecological Region:
East Cape
Ecological District:
Waiapu
Native lands:
Ngāti Porou
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
38.05060999 S 178.3693800 E (WGS84 -38.05061 178.36938)
Topo 50 Map Grid: BE45 713 749 (WGS84 -38.050917 178.369863)
Topo 50 Map Grid: BE45 713 749 (WGS84 -38.050917 178.369863)
Altitudes:
from 218m
Habitat:
Coastal vegetated cliffs. Land use: Scenic Reserve. Landform: Sandstone cliffs, 200m dropsinto the sea. Geology: Uplifted sandstone cliffs. Aspect: E. Slope: Cliff, steep. Hundreds of healthy mature Metrosideros excelsa in this reserve.
Notes:
Iwi/hapu: Ngati Porou
Plant height 10+ metres
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
New Zealand Indigenous Flora Seed Bank
NZIFSB accession NZ449
Herbarium history:
Dame Ella Campbell Herbarium (MPN)
Massey University
Palmerston North, New Zealand
MPN 50772
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