CHR 660396 – Vinca major L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 660396
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 September 2020
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Vinca major L.
Determiner:
JRK
Identification date:
1948-01-17 (Verbatim: January 17th [1948])
Preferred name:
Vinca major L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Periwinkle
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
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:
January 17th [1948]
Start date:
1948-01-17
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.645941 172.462302
Notes:
Periwinkle, also called Wandering Willie, is pentifullly found as a garden escape in many localities. It has endless trailing and twining stems sprawlings over hedges and banks, glossy green leaves and beautiful pale blue salver-shaped flowers an inch or more across. The name Vinca is from Latin vincio, I bind, from the cord like stems.
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
This specimen is part of a collection given to the Allan Herbarium by 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. We believe that JRK is a student of Canterbury Agriculture College (C.A.C), which is now known as Lincoln University.
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