CHR 465551 – Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 465551
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-01-06 (Verbatim: 6-JAN-1990)
Preferred name:
Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaudich.) Ching
Division:
Pteridophyta
Class:
Filicopsida
Family:
Thelypteridaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Turoa Valley
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Turoa Valley
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 2793/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
6-JAN-1990
Start date:
1990-01-06
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 50m
Habitat:
Near entrance in valley bottom. Base of shady bank by track.
Notes:
Rhizomes creeping. Fronds to nearly 1 metre long, rather light green (not quite as yellowish as M. polypodioides), directed horizontally and then downwards. Stipes glaucous at first, soon green. Scales brown. Very common. Jointly determined with J.C. Game Note: this field may have been truncated. Please check against voucher.
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