Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Scientific Name
Tradescantia fluminensis Vell.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, near Awanui
Field Collection Date
Dec 1916
Field Collection Notes
A garden escape growing freely on river bank
from here to Awanui and covering large areas in flat
bush. Collected in December, not dead yet! May
have been collected in 1915? Cited in Healy & Edgar
(1980: 39) as first collection in New Zealand.
Herbarium T F Cheeseman
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-35.03333, 173.26667
173.26667, 173.26667
Last Update
11 Oct 2017
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