Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Pittosporum tenuifolium Sol. ex Gaertn.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
[New Zealand, North Island, Waterview,] Auckland
Field Collection Date
06 Nov 1998
Field Collection Notes
Planted in rough grassland along with Coprosma robusta etc. Voucher for DNA - phytoplasma sample #97111. This individual c 3m tall with widespread tip dieback especially in some branch systems. Samples of leaves/tips taken by MTA + PS (for TEN). Phytoplasma samples were small leafy shoots in a mass of dead twigs. The phytoplasma samples showed tinged reddening of leaves but otherwise x OK. Some young leaf necrosis elsewhere on tree and possible internode shortening of young shoots but latter needs confirming.
Ex R.E. Beever Herbarium, received Feb 2017
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-36.87333, 174.70528 (± 20 m)
174.70528, 174.70528 (± 20 m)
Last Update
11 Aug 2020
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