CHR 474424 – Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 474424
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
20 July 2006
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Nasturtium officinale R.Br. ?
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2006-07-17 (Verbatim: 17 Jul 2006)
Preferred name:
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Capparales
Family:
Brassicaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following: Al-Shehbaz, I.A.; Price, R. A. 1998: Novon 8(2): 124-126.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum (L.) Hayek ?
Determiner:
Garnock-Jones PJ
Identification date:
1991-10-14 (Verbatim: 14-OCT-1991)
Preferred name:
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Takuvaine Valley
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-21.2667 -159.783
Verbatim locality:
, Rarotonga, Takuvaine Valley
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3616/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
16-JUL-1991
Start date:
1991-07-16
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Valley bottom, taro terrace channel, in shallow water.
Notes:
Herb forming dense patches a metre or so across. Stems rooting into mud from lower nodes, then becoming erect. Leaves quite bitter to taste. Abundant but no sign of flowers or fruit. Determination provisional.
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