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Melicytus crassifolius
Thick Leaved Porcupine Plant
As recorded: Hymenanthera crassifolia Hook.fil.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Violaceae
- Collected by
- Neal, M.C.
- Collector number
- 53
- Date
- October 21, 1925
- Locality
- Black Head, Dunedin
- Island
- New Zealand
- Region
- New Zealand
- Elevation
- 61 m
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On October 21, 1925, Neal, M.C. also collected 24+ other specimens.
Anaphalioides bellidioides
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Anaphalioides bellidioides
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Apium prostratum
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Asplenium bulbiferum
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Asplenium flabellifolium
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Asplenium obtusatum
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Cardamine angustata
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Coprosma crassifolia
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Coprosma crassifolia
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Coprosma crassifolia
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Corokia cotoneaster
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Corokia cotoneaster
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Cotula coronopifolia
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Crassula moschata
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Crassula sieberiana
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Geranium potentilloides
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Libertia ixioides
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Linum monogynum
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Myosotis
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Olearia arborescens
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Pimelea prostrata
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Pseudocyphellaria
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Samolus repens
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Senecio lautus
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Melicytus crassifolius observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1925. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 503 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-26.
2026-10-26
Rārangi 7273, New Zealand
(c) jarod_udy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
North Island, Wellington, Wellington, NZ
(c) Melanie Newfield, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-18
North Island, Wellington, Wellington, NZ
(c) Melanie Newfield, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-18
North Island, Wellington, Wellington, NZ
(c) Melanie Newfield, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-18
North Island, Wellington, Wellington, NZ
(c) Melanie Newfield, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-18
North Island, Wellington, Wellington, NZ
(c) Melanie Newfield, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Melicytus crassifolius. BISH 188146. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956180315. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/188146.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956180315 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026