CHR 467518 – Hedychium gardnerianum Sheph. ex Ker Gawl.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 467518
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Hedychium gardnerianum Ker Gawl.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-01-25 (Verbatim: 25-JAN-1990)
Preferred name:
Hedychium gardnerianum Sheph. ex Ker Gawl.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Papua Valley, near Wigmore's Waterfall
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Papua Valley, near Wigmore's Waterfall.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3111/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
25-JAN-1990
Start date:
1990-01-25
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 60m
Habitat:
Around turning area for vehicles. More or less naturalised.
Notes:
Large rhizomatous herb; rhizomes fleshy. Plant +/- ginger scented when bruised. Stems a metre or so. Inflorescence erect. Flowers very fragrant. Staminodes yellow, larger 2 oblanceolate, 3.2-3.8 cm long and labellum bilobed see supplementary label.
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