Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Piper excelsum excelsum G.Forst.
Classification
Family
Genus
Subname
excelsum
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, Auckland Ecological Region, Inner Gulf Islands Ecological District, Tiritiri Matangi Island, back of Chinaman Bay (the real one)
Field Collection Date
25 Mar 2007
Field Collection Notes
Locally common in flax gully behind beach, amongst the flax. Karo occasional on the margins, Pteris comans & P. tremula present. Plants to 2.5m tall; stems dark - Hauraki Gulf form?
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-36.60861, 174.89889
174.89889, 174.89889
Last Update
22 Nov 2016
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