CHR 697033 – Pimelea ignota C.J.Burrows & Courtney
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 697033
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
04 June 2025
Database record updated:
04 June 2025
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Pimelea ignota
Determiner:
G. Napp
Identification date:
2024-07-08 (Verbatim: 8 Jul 2024)
Preferred name:
Pimelea ignota C.J.Burrows & Courtney
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Thymelaeaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Putative hybrid of P. carnosa and P. longifolia
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Pilch Point, adjacent to Greenhills Beach, Puponga
Verbatim locality:
Pilch Point, adjacent to Greenhills Beach, Puponga
Verbatim collector:
G. Napp PI01
Standardised collector:
G. Napp
Collectors reference no.:
PI01
Verbatim date:
8 Jul 2024
Start date:
2024-07-08
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
Ngāti Kōata
Ngāti Kuia
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
40.50807100 S 172.64846500 E (WGS84 -40.508071 172.648465)
Altitudes:
from 64m
Habitat:
Low growing (~30cm tall) manuka shrubland. On eroding conglomerate
Notes:
Only two wild plants remain in the population, the remainder have been grown from cuttings and planted out.
Observed species:
Phormium cookianum
Leptospermum scoparium
Pimelea longifolia
Coprosma lucida
Celmisia "pupu"
Hebe elliptica
Dracophyllum filifolium
Leptospermum scoparium
Pimelea longifolia
Coprosma lucida
Celmisia "pupu"
Hebe elliptica
Dracophyllum filifolium
Specimen notes
Voucher (DNA):
Leaves from 10 plants collected onto silica, PI01 and PI02 natural plants, PI03 - PI10 grown from cuttings and planted out.
I collected samples of leaves from 10 Pimelea ignota plants from the planted population. Unfortunately, we do not have records of the parentage of the planted plants. They have been produced from cuttings from the original natural plants. I now know of only two natural plants, only a few metres apart. I sampled them both. As far as I know all the other natural plants have died since their discovery.
Simon Walls found the first Pimelea ignota plants at Pilch Point in 1970. It was first described as a species in 2009 by Colin Burrows. Simon searched extensively for P. ignota in 2009 and 2010 and found 5 plants at Pilch Point and 2 plants at the Kaihoka Badlands. Only 2 of the 7 are still alive.
Greg Napp, 9 Jul 2024
Greg Napp, 9 Jul 2024
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