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BISH 426794Botany
Melicytus alpinus
Porcupine Shrub
As recorded: Hymenanthera alpina (Kirk) W.R.B.Oliv.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Malpighiales › Violaceae
- Collected by
- Lamoureux, C.H.
- Collector number
- 3504
- Date
- February 27, 1966
- Locality
- Canterbury; Banks Peninsula, Christchurch-Lyttleton Port Hills. In bush on east side of Mt Pleasant.
- Island
- South Island
- Region
- New Zealand
- Coordinates
- -43.6000, -172.7170
- Elevation
- 300 m
- Identified by
- Lamoureux, C.H.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On February 27, 1966, Lamoureux, C.H. also collected 10 other specimens.
Cite this specimen
Melicytus alpinus. BISH 426794. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956260039. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/426794.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956260039 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026