CHR 660382 – Centaurium erythraea Rafn.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 660382
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 September 2020
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Centaurium erythraea Rafn.
Determiner:
Greer PA
Identification date:
2020-12-21 (Verbatim: 21 Dec 2020)
Preferred name:
Centaurium erythraea Rafn.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Gentianaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following Webb, C.J. et al , (1998) Flora of NZ. Vol IV.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Centaurium umbellatum
Determiner:
JRK
Identification date:
1948-08 (Verbatim: Febuary 8 [1948])
Preferred name:
Centaurium erythraea Rafn.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Centaury
Collection events
Primary collection event
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln University, Lincoln
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.644 172.466
Verbatim locality:
C.A.C. [Canterbury Agriculture College]
Verbatim collector:
JRK
Standardised collector:
JRK
Verbatim date:
Febuary 8 [1948]
Start date:
1948-08
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.645941 172.462302
Notes:
Also called three o'clock & red centuary, & is common in grass lands throughout the Islands. It is an annual, hairless, up to 18" [inches] high with square erect green stems much branched at the top. The leaves are opposite and stalkless, and the flowers are regular, 5 pettaled, half an inch across, bright pink.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Canterbury Agriculture College is now known as Lincoln University.
Herbarium history:
This collection is part of a collection given to the Allan Herbarium via Laurence Smith (Amberly office, Environment Canterbury). This was given to L. Smith in the early 1990's by someone in Port Robinson, Cheviot. The collection is believed to have been collected in 1948, based on several specimens with fully written dates in the collection.
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