CHR 361074 – Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 361074
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
28 November 2007
Database record updated:
09 July 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2013-07-09 (Verbatim: 9 Jul 2013)
Preferred name:
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following Flora of China Editorial Committee. 2007. Flora of China (Hippocastanaceae through Theaceae). 12: 1–534.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Hibiscus abelmoschus L.
Determiner:
G.P. Buelow
Identification date:
1979-01-31 (Verbatim: 31/1/1979)
Preferred name:
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Tafahi, main path around eastern side of island
Verbatim locality:
Tafahi, main path around eastern side of island
Verbatim collector:
G.P. Buelow 1147
Standardised collector:
G. P. Buelow
Verbatim date:
28/7/1978
Start date:
1978-07-28
Country:
Tonga
Altitudes:
from 100m to 130m
Habitat:
At edge of plantation just up from path.
Notes:
Subwoody plant, only one noticed; base decumbent probably because of plant on top of it; sending up several erect shoots to around 1m tall; frs 5 angled; fls yellow with dark spots at base of petals.Tongan name: vavae, Tonga.
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