Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Myoporum aff. laetum G.Forst.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Wairoa Ecological Region, Mahia Ecological District, Mahia Peninsula, Mahia East Coast Road
Field Collection Date
19 Feb 2015
Field Collection Notes
One 15 m tall tree growing in roadside forest remnant amongst mahoe (Melicytus ramiflorus), kaikomako (Pennantia corymbosa) and kohekohe (Dysoxylum spectabile). Tree with straight erect trunk, bark smooth, not rugose, branchlets smooth (not tuberculate), leaf buids green, leaves bright green to dark green when fresh - not glaucescent, oil glands numerous but very small and scarcely discernible to naked eye unless held up to a light. Seems to fit this Chatham Island endemic better than it does M. laetum or M. aff. insulare. Typical M. laetum is common on the peninsula. DUPLICATE SENT TO: CHR
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-39.19972, 177.90639
177.90639, 177.90639
Qualifier
sp. aff.
Last Update
09 Aug 2017
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