CHR 655537 – Coprosma pedicellata Molloy, de Lange & B.D.Clarkson
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 655537
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
14 January 2019
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Coprosma pedicellata Molloy, de Lange & B.D.Clarkson
Determiner:
Miles Giller
Identification date:
2018-11-16 (Verbatim: 16 Nov 2018)
Preferred name:
Coprosma pedicellata Molloy, de Lange & B.D.Clarkson
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Rubiales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Conway River
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-42.541929 173.324864
Verbatim locality:
Conway River
Verbatim collector:
Miles Giller 6; Gillian Giller; Alice Shanks
Standardised collector:
Miles Giller; G. Giller; Alice Shanks
Verbatim date:
16 Nov 2018
Start date:
2018-11-16
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Marlborough Land District
Ecological District:
Hundalee
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1627304E 5289260N (WGS84 -42.548565 173.332551)
Altitudes:
from 180m
Habitat:
Growing on a perched riparian terrace alongside the river, centred around a damp depression subject to shallow puddling. Occurring as a lower tier under a fragmented podocarp-hardwood forest canopy. Physically protected from livestock by fencing and legally protected by way of Ngaroma Scenic Reserve. Subject to browsing by feral red deer and occasional disturbances by feral pigs. Associated species: The local canopy is dominated by Fuscospora solandri, Elaeocarpus hookerianus and Kunzea robusta, with occasional emergent Dacrycarpus dacrydioides and Prumnopitys taxifolia. The understorey supports Pseudopanax ferox and Coprosma crassifolia (both generally on surrounding drier surfaces), Coprosma obconica, Coprosma rigida, Coprosma rhamnoides, Lophomyrtus obcordata and Myrsine divaricata. The groundcover is dominated by extensive mosses, occasional ferns (especially Blechnum penna-marina)over litter and bare ground.Substrate: Deep alluvial soils and loess routinely augmented by wind-blown grit from the braided bed of the adjacent Conway River. Adjacent to a small meandering stream draining nearby hillslopes. Overlies greywacke rock.
Notes:
At least 20 plants were found, as a discrete cluster. This population of Coprosma pedicellata is sympatric with Coprosma obconica, and is very close to populations of other species of interest including Pseudopanax ferox.Coprosma pedicellata plants occurred as healthy shrubs and small trees up to c. 9 m tall, but with little sign of recent recruitment.Collected with The Canterbury Botanical Society.
Observed species:
Blechnum penna-marina
Myrsine divaricata
Lophomyrtus obcordata
Coprosma rhamnoides
Coprosma rigida
Coprosma obconica
Coprosma crassifolia
Pseudopanax ferox
Prumnopitys taxifolia
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Kunzea robusta
Elaeocarpus hookerianus
Fuscospora solandri
Myrsine divaricata
Lophomyrtus obcordata
Coprosma rhamnoides
Coprosma rigida
Coprosma obconica
Coprosma crassifolia
Pseudopanax ferox
Prumnopitys taxifolia
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Kunzea robusta
Elaeocarpus hookerianus
Fuscospora solandri
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