CHR 467520 – Nymphaea capensis Thunb.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 467520
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
08 March 2019
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Nymphaea capensis Thunb.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-07-12 (Verbatim: 12-JUL-1990)
Preferred name:
Nymphaea capensis Thunb.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Nymphaeales
Family:
Nymphaeaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Turoa Valley entrance
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Turoa Valley entrance.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3113/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
26-JAN-1990
Start date:
1990-01-26
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 2m
Habitat:
Irrigation channel round taro beds.
Notes:
Aquatic plant with floating leaf laminas, to c. 30 x 25 cm, slightly flushed purple below, and sometimes brown markings on dull green above. Flowers deep blue with green on reverse of outer tepals, mainly closing late pm. See supplementary label.
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