Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Myriophyllum ? simulans Orchard
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland Ecological Region, Tamaki Ecological District, Puhinui (below McLaughlins Hill), Lake "Bernie Chote"
Field Collection Date
10 Nov 2012
Field Collection Notes
Uncommon. Growing amongst dense area of Persicaria decipiens, Myriophyllum propinquum, and Ranunuclus amphitrichus with a taller cover of Juncus effusus. Plants erect, dark red when fresh, flowers only female, leaves mostly entire, sparingly toothed. Growing with typical M. propinquum (plants with toothed, pinnate and entire leaves, bearing male and female flowers). Possibly an aberrhant form of M. propinquum but aside from the plants colopur when fresh this gathering seems closer to M. simulans or M. variifolium than M. propinquum as I know it for New Zealand.
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-36.97389, 174.84028
174.84028, 174.84028
Qualifier
sp. ?
Last Update
09 Aug 2017
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