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Metrosideros halconensis

natural science
  • Field Collection Place
  • Field Collection Date
    20 Jan 1999
  • Accession Number
    AK236626
  • Department
Metrosideros halconensis, AK236626, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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Natural Science Specimen

  • Classifier
  • Scientific Name
    Metrosideros halconensis (Merill.) J.W.Dawson
  • Classification
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Specimen Category
  • Storage Method
  • Field Collection Place
  • Locality Description
    Philippines, Biliran Island, Mt. Sayaw, south-west summit ridge, 8.75 km due west of Caibiran
  • Field Collection Date
    20 Jan 1999
  • Field Collection Notes
    Very narrow, steep, rocky ridge with low, wind-swept
    moss-forest (average canopy height 8 m). Underlying
    lithology volcanic. Nine M. halconensis plants were
    found, in three groups at c.40 m intervals along the
    ridge crest. Tissue and herbarium specimens were
    collected from only 2 plants in each of these
    groups.
    Four individuals, each about 4 m tall and 4 cm dbh.
    Growing on a rock outcrop together with Gleichenia
    and a tall (to 2 m) grass; the site was partly
    over-topped by canopy trees. Plants straggly and
    quite scrappy, and had serious insect damage to the
    foliage. No old capsules and very few flowers or
    buds
    Site 1, Plant A, specimen flowering
    Voucher for DNA study
  • Field Collector
  • Field Collection latitude/longitude
    11.57139, 124.5 (± 500 m)
    124.5, 124.5 (± 500 m)

  • Last Update
    10 Aug 2018

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