CHR 418914 – Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 418914
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
07 November 2002
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1984-05-15 (Verbatim: 15-MAY-1984)
Preferred name:
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Keywords:
Bank
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Christchurch, 278 Kilmore Street
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, 278 Kilmore Street
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 26/84
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
15-MAY-1984
Start date:
1984-05-15
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Cultivated in vegetable garden.
Notes:
Hispid herb with shortly creeping stems male flowers greenish-yellow, 1.5-2cm long, fr ellipsoid, about 5cm long, dehiscing violently and ejecting dark brown seeds several metres, raised from seed ex Ngatea, Hauraki Plains flowering garden. Grid Reference transferred to the Remarks field as it may refer to a cultivation locality.
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