CHR 474665 – Ixora casei
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 474665
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
27 March 2008
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ixora casei
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1991-07-25 (Verbatim: 25 Jul 1991)
Preferred name:
Ixora casei
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Rubiales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Atiu, Ngatiarua District, Te Kapi Valley (near centre of Atiu)
Verbatim locality:
Atiu, Ngatiarua District, Te Kapi Valley (near centre of Atiu)
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 3783A/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes; CI
Verbatim date:
25 Jul 1991
Start date:
1991-07-25
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Head of valley, open below dense canopy of mango and other introduced trees
Notes:
Large shrub to c.3m high, forming a thicket, spreading by layering. Leaves dark shining green above with impressed viens. Petioles with purple base. A single adventive thicket. Flowers in terminal corymbs, i.e. flat-topped. Corolla crimson; tube very slender, usually c.3.5 cm, sometimes c.4.5cm; lobes ± patent, star-forming, 1.3-1.5 x c. 0.6 cm, elliptic. Style thread-like, red.
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