CHR 467167 – Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 467167
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-01-22 (Verbatim: 22-JAN-1990)
Preferred name:
Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Asclepiadaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Nikao area, behind airport
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Nikao area, behind airport
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3051/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
22-JAN-1990
Start date:
1990-01-22
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Waste area covered by dense low scrub.
Notes:
Plant over 1m high, copious white latex. Pedicels +/- curving downwards so that flowers pendent. Corolla white; segments directed downwards and turning up at apex, c.10mm long, ovate. Gynostegium mauve. See Supplementary Label.
Observed species:
Mimosa pudica
Ocimum gratissimum
Ocimum gratissimum
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