CHR 474801 – Begonia L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 474801
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Begonia popenoei Standley
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1998-01-13 (Verbatim: 13-JAN-1998)
Preferred name:
Begonia L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Begoniaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Begonia popenoei aff.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1991-12-13 (Verbatim: 13-DEC-1991)
Preferred name:
Begonia L.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Atiu, Village's Centre, Chief Administration Officer's garden
Verbatim locality:
Atiu, Village's Centre, Chief Administration Officer's garden
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3917/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
1-AUG-1991
Start date:
1991-08-01
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Beside house. Cultivated.
Notes:
Rhizomes creeping, thick and brown. Leaves rather yellowish-green (not because of ill health). Scape rising above leaves. Corolla white; main petal c.1 cm diameter, +/- orbicular, the whole corolla becoming pinkish with age.
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