CHR 467888 – Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 467888
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
14 December 2007
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Tephrosia purpurea
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1990-02-10 (Verbatim: 10 Feb 1990)
Preferred name:
Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Tereora Hill
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Tereora Hill.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 3400/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
10 Feb 1990
Start date:
1990-02-10
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 230m
Habitat:
Ridge top, on rocky basaltic outcrop, open, rocky ledges.
Notes:
Subshrub with tough stem and taproot, erect habit. Flowers white; standard 11-12mm broad, bent backwards as the wings and keel are. Fairly common.
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