CHR 467618 – Nymphaea capensis Thunb.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 467618
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, near Avatiu, Ara Metua (towards Airport)
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, near Avatiu, Ara Metua (towards Airport).
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3169/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
29-JAN-1990
Start date:
1990-01-29
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 2m
Habitat:
Taro swamp channel. In wet channel.
Notes:
Herb with fibrous roots. Leaf lamina floating, dull green above, purple-tinged below, to c.20cm across. Flowers rosy purple; outer tepals 6.5-7cm, lanceolate-ovate, green on reverse.Inner tepals a little smaller. Stamens; outer purple with yellow base, inner mostly yellow. Locally common.
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