CHR 702424 – Hoheria sexstylosa Colenso
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 702424
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
05 November 2025
Database record updated:
05 November 2025
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
possible Hoheria populnea hybrid (H. populnea × H. sexstylosa)
Determiner:
Laura Girvan West
Identification date:
2025-04-10 (Verbatim: 10 Apr 2025)
Preferred name:
Hoheria sexstylosa Colenso
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Determination uncertain:
yes
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Conf.: H. Maule, 16 May 2025. The fruit has 7 compartments, (like H. sexstylosa) with one seed in each, and the ovary is clothed in golden hairs.
The flower is 25 mm wide (suggesting H. populnea).
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, vegetation monitoring plot KR01, subplot B
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
41.294288 S 174.752017 E (WGS84 -41.294288 174.752017)
Verbatim locality:
Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, vegetation monitoring plot KR01, subplot B
Verbatim collector:
Laura Girvan West
Standardised collector:
Laura Girvan West
Verbatim date:
10 Apr 2025
Start date:
2025-04-10
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika
Te Atiawa (Wellington)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1746693E 5427093N (WGS84 -41.294279 174.752011)
Habitat:
Site is a gentle north facing slope with a canopy of very old and tall Pinus radiata and Cupressus macrocarpa. The understory is considerably dominated by Hoheria populnea.
Notes:
The sample was collected from a mature tree whose main stem has a DBH of 20.9 cm with 3 sizable attachments. Foliage on the tree was slightly drooping and stood out in contrast to the H. populnea trees surrounding it.
Observed species:
Pinus radiata
Cupressus macrocarpa
Hoheria populnea
Cupressus macrocarpa
Hoheria populnea
Assigned reference numbers
Plant Identification Number:
2024/0311
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
