CHR 272323 – Solanum tuberosum L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 272323
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
23 January 2024
Database record updated:
14 April 2025
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Solanum tuberosum L.
Determiner:
N. M. Wace
Identification date:
1974-09 (Verbatim: Sept 1974)
Preferred name:
Solanum tuberosum L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Solanaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Inaccessible Island
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
37.300 S 12.680 W (WGS84 -37.3 -12.68)
Verbatim locality:
Inaccessible Island
Verbatim collector:
N. M. Wace I22
Standardised collector:
N. M. Wace
Verbatim date:
1/3/[19]68
Start date:
1968-03-01
Country:
Tristan Da Cunha
Altitudes:
from 9m
Habitat:
On scree slope near old patches of cultivation by the Waterfall Hut, NE coast.
Notes:
Evidently persisting from cultivation in 1937-38, when attempts were made to colonize this part of the island. Plants and tubers much eaten by invertebrates.
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
FLORA OF THE TRISTAN DA CUNHA ISLANDS
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