CHR 664957 – Dicksonia lanata Colenso ex Hook. subsp. lanata
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 664957
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
13 May 2026
Database record updated:
13 May 2026
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Dicksonia fibrosa Colenso × Dicksonia lanata Colenso ex Hook. subsp. lanata
Determiner:
Perrie, Leon
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Dicksonia lanata Colenso ex Hook. subsp. lanata
Division:
Pteridophyta
Class:
Filicopsida
Family:
Dicksoniaceae
Vernacular name:
Dicksonia fibrosa Colenso × D. lanata subsp. lanata Hook.
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Trunk c. 90 cm tall, c. 20 cm wide. Lamina length 164 cm, width 68 cm. Maximum width 85 cm from lamina apex. Stipe length 75 cm. Lamina shape c. eliptic. Dicksonia sp. [Dicksonia fibrosa x D. lanata] differs from D. fibrosa in having long, orange stipes (rather than short, green), a less developed skirt of dead fronds, wider fronds, and the lamina segments not having acute apices.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
North Island, Volcanic Plateau (EP), 17.02 Whirinaki, Whkatane Co. [County]
Verbatim locality:
North Island, Volcanic Plateau (EP), 17.02 Whirinaki, southern Whirinaki forest, upper catchment of Te Kohu Stream.
Verbatim collector:
Perrie, Leon LRP 7476; Shepherd, Lara; Stowe, Chris
Standardised collector:
Leon R. Perrie; Lara Shepherd; Chris Stowe
Verbatim date:
25 Jan 2016
Start date:
2016-01-25
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
South Auckland Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Hineuru
Ngāti Manawa
Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Ngāti Whare
Tūhoe
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-38.7972 S 176.6153 E (WGS84 -38.7972 176.6153)
New Zealand Transverse Mercator: 1913995E 5699515N (WGS84 -38.797205 176.615335)
New Zealand Transverse Mercator: 1913995E 5699515N (WGS84 -38.797205 176.615335)
Altitudes:
from 800m
Habitat:
Hillside Nothofagus fusca forest
Notes:
Dicksonia sp. [Dicksonia fibrosa x D. lanata] about as common as D. fibrosa. Dicksonia lanata subsp. lanata is more common, but localised within groves, while D. squarrosa is also fairly common.
About 40 plants of Dicksonia sp. within 100 m of monitoring plot (see LRP 7476 and 7478). Most (c. 30) between plot and ridge. A few plants more distant (LRP 7480 and 7481), over 0.5 km away.
Observed species:
Nothofagus fusca
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
HERBARIUM, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, N.Z.
duplicate of WELT P028855/B
Duplicates
WELT: P028855/B
Direction:
Received
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