Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Solanum nigrum L.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, Kermadec Ecological Region and District, Kermadec Islands Nature Reserve, Southern Kermadec Islands group, Macauley Island, Shearwater Valley mouth
Field Collection Date
22 May 2011
Field Collection Notes
Live flowering and fruiting plants scarce - mostly seen across the island as dried off mature plants killed one assumes by Cyclone Bune (and it is not always clear whether I was seeing S. nigrum or S. nodiflorum in that condition). This gathering is one of the few seen flowering and fruiting, it came from amongst a stand of Cyperus insularis. Leaves dark green flushed maroon when fresh. Flowers in loose pseudoumbels.
DUPLICATE TO: WELT
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-30.23956, -178.43458
-178.43458, -178.43458
Last Update
10 Jan 2018
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