Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Phormium tenax J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, Poor Knights Ecological Region and District, Aorangi Island, Crater Bay
Field Collection Date
28 Oct 1995
Field Collection Notes
Foliage with a conspicuous gold lamina, inflores-
cence bracts butter yellow, flowers salmon pink. The
only form of flax seen on the island group. Specimen
over 2 sheets (AK 228112 and AK 228185)
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-35.48333, 174.73333
174.73333, 174.73333
Last Update
16 May 2017
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