Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Beaumontia grandiflora Wall.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, [North Island,] North Auckland Land District, Auckland City, Mount Albert, Science Research Centre
Field Collection Date
05 Dec 1997
Field Collection Notes
Liane with stout stems; white latex copious. Leaves shining, with pale indented veins. Calyx brownish-red-veined. Flowers fragrant. Corolla 12-15cm long, white, more or less flask-shaped in bud; lobes about 4cm long, somewhat triangular, recurving; tube funnelform and greenish inside. Anthers forming a cone round stigma. Cultivated as this species. Cultivated against west-facing wall.
DUP ex CHR (517773), received from Eastwoodhill Arboretum Sept 2018
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-36.89069, 174.72575 (± 200 m)
174.72575, 174.72575 (± 200 m)
Last Update
03 Mar 2023
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