CHR 361655 A – Polyscias samoensis (A.Gray) Harms
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 361655 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
13 June 2008
Database record updated:
13 June 2008
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Polyscias samoensis (A.Gray) Harms
Determiner:
G.Buelow
Identification date:
1979-12-04 (Verbatim: 4/12/1979)
Preferred name:
Polyscias samoensis (A.Gray) Harms
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Apiales
Family:
Araliaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Polyscias
Determiner:
G.P.Buelow
Identification date:
1979-11-16 (Verbatim: 16/11/1979)
Preferred name:
Polyscias J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Niuafo'ou, enter of Makamaka'uli, West slope
Verbatim locality:
Niuafo'ou, enter of Makamaka'uli, West slope
Verbatim collector:
G.P.Buelow 2168
Standardised collector:
G. P. Buelow
Verbatim date:
27/4/1979
Start date:
1979-04-27
Country:
Tonga
Altitudes:
from 100m
Habitat:
Forest on fairly steep slope dominated by Syzygiumclusiifolium
Notes:
Frequent in forest throughout island, small tree; c. 7m tall; trunk 7cm dia; branches almost erect; ovary and back of calyx dull mauve; calyx greenish within; anthers yellow; inflorescence with odor not dissimilar to Geniostoma; split petioles with only slight, if any, odor. Tongan name: "tanetane, tanetane voa"
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
Voucher:
Leaf material removed for cuticle-slide collection held in the Botany Department, University of Otago (Jennifer Bannister).
June 2011
June 2011
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