CHR 663719 – Coprosma robusta Raoul
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 663719
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
16 April 2025
Database record updated:
16 April 2025
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Coprosma robusta Raoul
Determiner:
Stajsic, V.
Identification date:
2019-08-30 (Verbatim: 30 Aug. 2019)
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:
Bushrangers Bay
Verbatim locality:
Ca. 740 metres SSE from the Bushrangers Bay carpark, in N-S tributary of Main Creek, ca. 110 metres ESE from Bushrangers Bay Walking Track.
Verbatim collector:
Stajsic, V. 9146; Ohlsen, D.J.
Standardised collector:
V. Stajsic; D. J. Ohlsen
Verbatim date:
30 Aug. 2019
Start date:
2019-08-30
Country:
Australia
Land District:
Victoria
Native lands:
Boonwurrung
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
38°28´42.4“ S 144°55´45.1“ E (WGS84 -38.478444 144.929194)
Altitudes:
from 70m
Habitat:
Beside creek, with overstorey dominated by Myrsine howittiana.
Associated taxa: Acacia melanoxylon, Austrocynoglossum latifolium, Coprosma quadrifida, Carex appressa, Hedera helix, Myosotis sylvatica, Pteris comans, Pteris tremula, Sambucus gaudichaundiana, Senecio minumus, Solanum laciniatum, Urtica incisa.
Notes:
Tree ca. 4.5 metres high and ca. 4 metres across, with two main trunks, trunks ca. 10 cm across. Bark smooth, beige. Leaf upper surface dark green and glossy. Leaf lower surface light green and slightly glossy. Corolla light green. Styles creamish green with elongated papillae.
Not native. One plant at this spot, but there are a few plants near the Adianthum capillus-veneris, where there has been an attempt at removing the Coprosma robusta.
Observed species:
Myrsine howittiana
Acacia melanoxylon
Austrocynoglossum Popov ex R.R.Mill
Coprosma quadrifida
Carex appressa
Hedera helix
Myosotis sylvatica
Pteris comans
Pteris tremula
Sambucus gaudichaudiana
Senecio minimus
Solanum laciniatum
Urtica incisa
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Acacia melanoxylon
Austrocynoglossum Popov ex R.R.Mill
Coprosma quadrifida
Carex appressa
Hedera helix
Myosotis sylvatica
Pteris comans
Pteris tremula
Sambucus gaudichaudiana
Senecio minimus
Solanum laciniatum
Urtica incisa
Adiantum capillus-veneris
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
Ex National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL)
Melbourne, Australia
Duplicates
MEL: 2475193
Direction:
Received
WEL:
Direction:
Duplicate
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