CHR 682196 – Rhododendron ponticum L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 682196
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 April 2023
Database record updated:
18 April 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Rhododendron ponticum ?
Determiner:
H. Maule
Identification date:
2023-04-11 (Verbatim: 11 Apr 2023)
Preferred name:
Rhododendron ponticum L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Determination uncertain:
yes
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Need flowers to be 100% sure, but the specimen has small glands immersed in the leaf that are clearly visible on the back of the leaf which is typical for Rhododendron ponticum. The capsules are not aborted and look like they will have developed seeds.
There is a chance that this is a cultivar with “Ponticum” parentage: The leaves a flat or only slightly curved downwards but not consistently (flat or curved upwards in R. ponticum); the pedicels are longer than 3 cm (shorter in R. ponticum).
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Glen Cairn Creek, Maruria River
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-41.819 172.249
Verbatim locality:
True left of the lower Maruia valley, approx. 1 km south-west of Higgins Bluff, and opposite the confluence of Glen Cairn Creek, Maruria River
Verbatim collector:
Mike Harding
Standardised collector:
M. Harding
Verbatim date:
Apr 2023
Start date:
2023-04
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1535850E 5369905N
Altitudes:
from 250m
Habitat:
Amall population of c. 20 scattered plants on an open stony slope on the east side of a small spur, within open kanuka scrub/low-forest, and adjacent to beech forest.
Notes:
The site is some distance (c. 1 km in a straight line) from the nearest residence or garden, and is on privately-owned land.
Assigned reference numbers
Plant Identification Number:
2022/0344
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
