Systematics Collections Data

CHR 677248 – Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 677248
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
14 September 2022
Database record updated:
07 July 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze
Determiner:
C.C. Ogle
Identification date:
2022-02-09 (Verbatim: 9 Feb 2022)
Preferred name:
Camellia sinensis (L.) Kuntze
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Theales
Family:
Theaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Conf.: H. Maule, Apr 2022
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Whanganui, Bastia Hill, 115 Mount View Road
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -39.927261  175.067323 
Verbatim locality:
Whanganui, Bastia Hill, 115 Mount View Road
Verbatim collector:
C.C. Ogle 7056
Standardised collector:
Colin C. Ogle
Verbatim date:
9 Feb 2022
Start date:
2022-02-09
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Apa
Whanganui Iwi / Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi
Whanganui Land Settlement (Lower Whanganui)
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  39°55´37.78“ S 175°08´03.94“ E  (WGS84 -39.927161 175.134428)
Altitudes:
from 84m
Microhabitat:
Melaleuca microphylla, Pittosporum crassifolium.
Keywords:
Anthropic; Dry; Flat; Garden; Humus; Lake; Terrace; Unconsolidated
Notes:
Flower. Open sparsely branched shrub, 1 m x 1 m. Planted shrub about 2 m from old glasshouse. Leaves matte green above, paler below, margins crenate (-serrate?) and teeth with thickened tips. Flowers single at shoot tip nodes, pedicels 5-8 mm. Sepals obtuse, 5 - (6), sepals imbricate; petals 5 - (7), 3 cupped at 'back' of flower and 2 -4 'forward' and flat. Somewhat crumpled, 18 mm long stamens, white, numerous, dense around 3-4 mm. Style split halfway down, ovary superior?. Whole flower 30 - 35 mm diameter, scented. Appears to be Theaceae.
Observed species:
Melaleuca microphylla
Pittosporum crassifolium
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Permissions
Project permits
Project title:
Local Contexts - Allan Herbarium (CHR)
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
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