CHR 467856 – Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 467856
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
03 May 2019
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2019-05-03 (Verbatim: 3 May 2019)
Preferred name:
Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Gramineae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following Simon, B.K. 2010: Austrobaileya 8: 187-221.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Pennisetum purpureum Schum.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1992-01-14 (Verbatim: 14/1/1992)
Preferred name:
Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Identification
Determined name:
Pennisetum aff. polystachyon
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1990-10-11 (Verbatim: 11 Oct 1990)
Preferred name:
Cenchrus polystachios (L.) Morrone
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, near Turoa Valley, Ara Tapu
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, near Turoa valley, Ara tapu.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 3368/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
9 Feb 1990
Start date:
1990-02-09
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
By bridge over Turoa Stream, roadside scrub.
Notes:
Giant clumps of grass with stems to 3m high. Leaf midrib pale above. Inflorescence tawny. Very local. Provisional determination.
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