CHR 663515 – Coprosma robusta Raoul
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 663515
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
11 December 2024
Database record updated:
12 February 2025
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Coprosma quadrifida × Coprosma robusta
Determiner:
Stajsic, V.
Identification date:
2020-01-28 (Verbatim: 28 Jan. 2020)
Preferred name:
Coprosma robusta Raoul
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Rubiales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Flinders. Private property, 11 Baldrys Road, Baldry Gully
Verbatim locality:
Flinders. Private property, 11 Baldrys Road, Baldry Gully, Baldry Creek, ca. 500 metres (straight line) west from intersection of Meakins Road and Mornington-Flinders Road.
Verbatim collector:
Stajsic, V. 9565; Ohlsen, D.J.; Stacey, M.; Neale, A.
Standardised collector:
V. Stajsic; D. J. Ohlsen; M. Stacey; A. Neale
Verbatim date:
28 Jan. 2020
Start date:
2020-01-28
Country:
Australia
Land District:
Victoria
Native lands:
Boonwurrung
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
38°26´06.7“ S 144°58´01.2“ E (WGS84 -38.435194 144.967)
Altitudes:
from 137m
Habitat:
In gully beside creek. Overstorey with Acacia melanoxylon and Eucalyptus obliqua.
Associated taxa: Austrocynoglossum latifolium, Carex appressa, Clematis aristata, Coprosma quadrifida, Cratagus monogyna, Cyathea australis, Dactylis glomerata, Ehrharta erecta, Pteris tremula, Sambucus gaudichaudiana, Sigesbeckia orientalis.
Notes:
Erect shrub ca. 2.5 metres high, multistemmed, bark smooth, with ? lenticels, beige. Leaf upper surface somewhat dark green and glossy, the lower surface paler and less glossy. Domatia present on occasional leaves, 1-2 domatia per leaf. Fruit succulent, egg shaped, 9-10 mm long, 6.5 mm wide, orange, very glossy, the flesh almost insipid. Seeds 5-6.6 mm long.
Not native.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
2 plants of the hybrid. Coprosma robusta not present at the site, but a common weed in the area.
Based on the DNA work done at MEL, the meternal parent for this specimen is C. robusta and the paternal larent is C. quadrifida.
Herbarium history:
Ex National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL)
Melbourne, Australia
Vic. Ref. Set: VRS 001235
Duplicates
MEL: 2478727
Direction:
Received
WEL:
Direction:
Duplicate
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