CHR 467900 – Gloriosa superba L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 467900
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Gloriosa superba
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-02-11 (Verbatim: 11-FEB-1990)
Preferred name:
Gloriosa superba L.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Colchicaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Tokokoitu, Research Station
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Tokokoitu, Research Station.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3412/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
11-FEB-1990
Start date:
1990-02-11
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 20m
Habitat:
Waste place on margin of riparian forest band.
Notes:
Low climbing plant. Tepals c. 6Cm long, undulate and oblanceolate, curving upwards and inwards so that the tips almost touch; upper half scarlet; lower half yellow, becoming all +/- crimson. (See supplementary label).
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