CHR 473897 – Ipomoea aquatica
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 473897
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
15 January 2003
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ipomoea aquatica
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-08-04 (Verbatim: 4-AUG-1990)
Preferred name:
Ipomoea aquatica
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Totokoitu, Research Station
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Totokoitu, Research Station
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3496/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
4-AUG-1990
Start date:
1990-08-04
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 2m
Habitat:
Margin of vegetable area on sticky, seasonably wet ground.
Notes:
Herb +/- erect with hollow stems rooting at lowest nodes. Flowers white, c.4cm long x 4.5-5cm across limb, salverform, very delicate. A relic of cultivation. Introduced as a vegetable crop.
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