Neil Snow in New Caledonia, July – August 2003
July – August 2003 · 18 days, 10 of them collecting · New Caledonia
NSCollectorNeil Snow · collected 1994–2011- Specimens
- 108
- Stops
- 10
- Names
- 64
- Types
- 0
- With images
- 28
- Km between stops
- 3,739
- Companions
- 3
- Departments
- 1
The route
30 July 2003
Day 1 of 18 · under way
Each numbered point is a stop: a run of days spent within about ten kilometres. The route between stops is drawn straight; the real course went by sea, by road or on foot.
19 specimens, 18 names
Thaleropia queenslandica 2, Austromyrtus tenuifolia 1, Backhousia sciadophora 1
The specimens from 30 Jul →11 specimens, 8 names
Tristaniopsis calobuxus 2, Myrtastrum rufopunctatum 2, Eugenia involucrata 2
The specimens from 5 Aug →1 specimens, 1 name
The specimens from 8 Aug →10 specimens, 9 names
Metrosideros brevistylis 2, Metrosideros laurifolia 1, Metrosideros nitida 1
The specimens from 9 Aug →6 specimens, 6 names
Metrosideros operculata 1, Myrtaceae 1, Purpureostemon ciliatus 1
The specimens from 10 Aug →7 specimens, 4 names
Gossia clusioides 3, Syzygium tripetalum 2, Melaleuca quinquenervia 1
The specimens from 11 Aug →13 specimens, 9 names
Cloezia artensis 3, Eugenia ericoides 2, Eugenia mackeeana 2
The specimens from 12 Aug →14 specimens, 11 names
Archirhodomyrtus paitensis 3, Xanthostemon francii 2, Eugenia involucrata 1
The specimens from 13 Aug →17 specimens, 13 names
Uromyrtus emarginatus 4, Arillastrum gummiferum 2, Eugenia involucrata 1
The specimens from 15 Aug →10 specimens, 10 names
Archirhodomyrtus paitensis 1, Gossia alaternoides 1, Metrosideros nitida 1
The specimens from 16 Aug →
What came home
The names most often on the labels of this journey; the families: Myrtaceae 107, Lamiaceae 1.
From the field
Tristaniopsis laurina
Syzygium ngoyense
Thaleropia queenslandica
Syzygium claviflorum
Gossia clusioides
Eugenia reinwardtiana
Backhousia sciadophora
Gossia clusioides
Thaleropia queenslandica
Rhodomyrtus psidioidesWritten up
Publications by Neil Snow in the Library from the years of the journey and the six that followed — where the results are most likely to have appeared.
2009
Hawaii's Invasive Plant Species: a noxious weed identification key [website ]James, S.A., Imada, C.T. & Snow, N.