CHR 474450 – Hedychium gardnerianum Sheph. ex Ker Gawl.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 474450
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Hedychium gardnerianum Ker Gawl.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1991-07-17 (Verbatim: 17-JUL-1991)
Preferred name:
Hedychium gardnerianum Sheph. ex Ker Gawl.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Papua Valley, Wigmore's Waterfall
Verbatim locality:
, Rarotonga, Papua Valley, Wigmore's Waterfall
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3642/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
17-JUL-1991
Start date:
1991-07-17
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Cultivated relic, semi-adventive.
Notes:
Large rhizomatous herbs with thick fleshy rhizomes (not collected). Culms to c.2.5m high. Leaves glossy above. Fruiting inflorescence suberect. Capsule valves c.2cm long, fleshy, orange. Seed glossy scarlet, 4-6mm diameter, subglobose.
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