CHR 467605 A – Homalium acuminatum
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 467605 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
30 June 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Homalium acuminatum
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-01-28 (Verbatim: 28 Jan 1990)
Preferred name:
Homalium acuminatum
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Flacourtiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, ridge between Avana and Turoa Valleys
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, ridge between Avana and Turoa Valleys.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3157/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
28 Jan 1990
Start date:
1990-01-28
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 230m
Habitat:
Narrow ridge top & fairly open forest.
Notes:
Small tree with grey, rather smooth bark. Leaves bright glossy green above. Fls white tending pendent like a shuttlecock, 8-9 mm across the ciliate, ± patent perianth lobes. Racemes rather floppy. Abundant & usually dominant tree. This tree had all or mostly young leaves. No other tree seen flowering.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A, B (Spirit collection)
Spirit no.: 1-04342
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