CHR 439697 A – Rhododendron L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 439697 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 August 1995
Database record updated:
19 May 2009
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Rhododendron 'Sir Robert Peel'
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1987-08-26 (Verbatim: 26 Aug 1987)
Preferred name:
Rhododendron L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Rhododendron
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1987-08-26 (Verbatim: 26-AUG-1987)
Preferred name:
Rhododendron L.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Canterbury, Christchurch, Peterborough Street
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Christchurch, Peterborough Street
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 211/87
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
26-AUG-1987
Start date:
1987-08-26
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Rhododendron `Sir Robert Peel'. Round-headed tree c. 6m high with 3 large stout trunks and reddish-brown bark. Leaves mostly in terminal clusters green beneath. Inflorescence compact; perulae fawn. Flowers +/- erect. Calyx whitish. Corolla c.4cm long, not opening widely; slightly irregular, rose, lobes with central rib extending to base, larger posterior lobe with dark purple spots. Stamens 2.5-3.5cm (i.e. varying lenths); filaments white. Style c.4cm long, rose at apex and stigma dark. A very common cultivar in Christchurch.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B.
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