Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Podocarpus totara totara G.Benn. ex D.Don
Classification
Family
Genus
Subname
totara
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, Poor Knights Islands, Tawhiti Rahi Island, just north of 191 high point [c.400m S of middle of island]
Field Collection Date
25 Apr 1991
Field Collection Notes
From a 6.44 m high strapping sapling, 23 cm circumference at breast height, c. 2 m short of pohutukawa canopy. With another 3.1 m tall young sapling 1.1 m away, the only known totara on the island. New record for Poor Knights Islands
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-35.46484, 174.73352
174.73352, 174.73352
Last Update
12 Sep 2018
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