CHR 399397 – Christella parasitica (L.) H.Lév.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 399397
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
08 May 2008
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Christella parasitica (L.) Lév.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1986-02-11 (Verbatim: 11/2/1986)
Preferred name:
Christella parasitica (L.) H.Lév.
Division:
Pteridophyta
Class:
Filicopsida
Family:
Thelypteridaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Christella
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1982-08-12 (Verbatim: 12/8/1982)
Preferred name:
Christella H.Lév.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Totokoitu Valley
Verbatim locality:
Totokoitu Valley
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 2211/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
12/8/1982
Start date:
1982-08-12
Land District:
Rarotonga
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 70m
Habitat:
Valley bottom. Side of track through Hibiscus forest.
Notes:
Clump-forming with short rhizomes. Fronds c. 1m long, arching over. Stipes shining, dark towards base (whole stipe collected). Pinnae with orange glands below.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Duplicate to J. Game July 1989 at UC
Supplementary remarks:
No scales, glands orange elongate, staked glands on stalk of sporongium = Christella, veins anastomosing, Rhz. creeping, glands present, lobes more like 3/5 than 1/4. Keys to Christella guamensis, but size of plant does not fit. Hairs & glands similar to C. dentata. Fits Christella but not satisfactory as any species. Seems like a giant Christella dentata but has glands. Possibly a form of C. parasitica. Depends on interpretation of extent of reduction of basal pinnae.
[Braggins JE]
[Braggins JE]
Duplicates
UC:
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
