Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Tradescantia aff. fluminensis Vell.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
Ex Cult. New Zealand, Chathams Ecological Region and District, Chatham (Rekohu) Island, Southern Tablelands, Old Tuanui House (Taiko Rangers House)
Field Collection Date
17 Oct 2006
Field Collection Notes
Ex Cult. Collected on 12 February 2006 as a single wild plant with one flower 20 mm tall, growing in wet depression by side of house - place where Cystopteris fragilis had been found adventive in 2002 and was eradicated by this collector in 2003. This plant is not grown in the adjacent garden and I have not seen it in cultivation elsewhere on the island so its origin is a mystery. Cultivated at the University of Auckland since February but has yet to flower. Leaves purple underneath, dark green above, leaf sheath hyaline with dark purple-red stripes and long silky hairs toward leaf junction.
DUPLICATE TO: CHR
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-44.01667, -176.61667
-176.61667, -176.61667
Qualifier
sp. aff.
Last Update
16 May 2017
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