CHR 467182 – Asclepias curassavica L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 467182
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Asclepias curassavica L.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-01-23 (Verbatim: 23-JAN-1990)
Preferred name:
Asclepias curassavica L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Asclepiadaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Avarua, Constitutional Park area
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Avarua, Constitutional Park area
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3066/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
23-JAN-1990
Start date:
1990-01-23
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 2m
Notes:
Erect herb with milky latex. Inflorescence +/- corymbose. Corolla deep red; lobes c.7mm long, ovate-lanceolate, curving downwards and then tip turns upwards. Gynostegium yellow, c.4mm long. One or two plants.
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