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Drepanolejeunea aucklandica

natural science
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  • Classifier
  • Scientific Name
    Drepanolejeunea aucklandica Steph.
  • Classification
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Specimen Category
  • Storage Method
  • Field Collection Place
  • Locality Description
    New Zealand, North Island, South Auckland Prov., Southern extent of the Herangi Range, plateau area S of Te Whakapatiki, W of Te Kuiti township
  • Field Collection Date
    18 Mar 2003
  • Field Collection Notes
    Epiphyte on Quintinia serrata twigs. with perianths. Exposed plateau and ridge, including a cusion bog (dominated by Oreobolus pectinatus and common associates of Cyathodes empetrifolia, Lepidothamnus laxifolium, and Baumea tenax) and surrounded by rocky outcrops, low shrubland (<2m.) in which Leptospermum scoparium (manuka), Quintinia serrata, and Dracophyllum traversii are prominent with Sphagnum as a ground-cover in wetter sites, and small trees (<6m.) including Weinmannia. Growing with Frullamia spp, Radula spp, Lepicolea, Metzgeria , mosses.
  • Field Collector
  • Field Collection latitude/longitude
    -38.4845, 174.77431 (± 20 m)
    174.77431, 174.77431 (± 20 m)

  • Last Update
    16 Aug 2021

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