Systematics Collections Data

CHR 694698 – Gahnia xanthocarpa (Hook.f.) Hook.f.

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 694698
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
17 October 2024
Database record updated:
05 August 2025
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Gahnia xanthocarpa (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Determiner:
K.A. Ford
Identification date:
2025-07-30 (Verbatim: 30/07/2025)
Preferred name:
Gahnia xanthocarpa (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Gahnia rigida
Determiner:
Mike Thorsen
Identification date:
2017-02-01 (Verbatim: 1 Feb 2017)
Preferred name:
Gahnia rigida Kirk
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Interstingly, Totara is type locality for this species
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Buller, Totara River, Plot AZ109
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -41.871168  171.482819 
Verbatim locality:
Buller, Totara River, Plot AZ109
Verbatim collector:
Anna Harris
Standardised collector:
Anna Harris
Verbatim date:
13 Oct 2016
Start date:
2016-10-13
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:  1474097E 5363415N  (WGS84 -41.871158 171.482832)
Altitudes:
from 60m
Habitat:
Sparse open canopy of MANcol, DACcup and NOTsol with understory of LEPsco. Forest floor dominated by GAHxan, LEPsco, MACter and GLEICH with cover of Sphagnum moss.
Notes:
Doc Tier 1 and MfE LUCAS Programme Plot: AZ109. Sample Number: 201700071. Lowland forest on margin of swampland. Up to +/- 2m tall on plot.
Permissions
Project permits
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice