Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Porella aff. elegantula (Mont.) Hodgs.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Mangatea Bluffs, Mangatea Ridgeline
Field Collection Date
07 Jul 2010
Field Collection Notes
On Wikstroemia foetida trunk within a thick, low windswept shrubland dominated by kaiatea (Weinmannia samoensis), pua (Fagraea berteroana), rata (Metrosideros collina agg.) and kiekie (Freycinetia arborescens) with an understory of tuanu'e (Dicranopteris linearis). Associated with Sticta caperata, Pseudocyphellaria argyracea, P. intricata and P. homalosticta. Specimen with small amounts of Metzgeria and a Lejeuneaceous plant threaded through it.
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-21.22222, -159.74667
-159.74667, -159.74667
Qualifier
sp. aff.
Last Update
10 May 2023
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