Systematics Collections Data

CHR 653082 – Metrosideros excelsa Sol. ex Gaertn.

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 653082
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
10 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:
Pohutukawa, New Zealand Christmas tree
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
The seed at Taranga is very sparse - we collected from the coastal fringe only as interior pohutukawa were too tall to collect. Northern side of island (Taranga) - 2 trees collected from a 30m range along fringe. Southern side of island (Taranga) - 4 trees over a 3km length. Waypoints: 002, 003, 004, 005. (Dragons Mouth not waypointed).
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Taranga Island, Hen and Chicken Islands
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -35.96244  174.713787 
Verbatim locality:
Taranga Island, Hen and Chicken Islands Nature Reserve, Northland
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Holland 9050WHGWRH2105-9, H. Weston, E. Davies
Standardised collector:
W. R. Holland; H. Weston; E. Davies
Verbatim date:
15 May 2017
Start date:
2017-05-15
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Ecological Region:
Eastern Northland
Ecological District:
Eastern Northland & Is
Native lands:
Ngāpuhi
Ngāti Whātua
Ngātiwai
Georeferences:
Topo 50 Map Grid:   AX31 551 188  (WGS84 -35.962883 174.720008)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  35.96280000 S 174.7203399 E  (WGS84 -35.9628 174.72034)
Habitat:
Pohutukawa on rocky coastline
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
New Zealand Indigenous Flora Seed Bank NZIFSB accession NZ410
Herbarium history:
Dame Ella Campbell Herbarium (MPN) Massey University Palmerston North, New Zealand MPN 51076
Permissions
Project permits
Project title:
Local Contexts - Allan Herbarium (CHR)
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
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