CHR 474790 – Solanum americanum Mill.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 474790
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
06 August 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Solanum nodiflorum Jacq.
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2013-08-06 (Verbatim: 6 Aug 2013)
Preferred name:
Solanum americanum Mill.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Solanaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following Manoko, M.L.K. et al 2007: Plant Systematics and Evolution 267: 1-11.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Solanum americanum subsp. nutans
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1991-07-31 (Verbatim: 31 Jul 1991)
Preferred name:
Solanum americanum Mill.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Atiu, near Oravaru road to Taunganui Harbour
Verbatim locality:
Atiu, near Oravaru road to Taunganui Harbour
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 3906/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
31 Jul 1991
Start date:
1991-07-31
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Old plantation by road, much modified herb community.
Notes:
Bushy herb c.5-cm high. Leaves grass green. Corolla 3-4mm long, narrow elliptic-lanceolate, white. Fruit (4)-5-6mm diameter, globose, glossy black. Fruiting calyx reflexed. A few plants. Stone cells present.
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