CHR 474866 B – Erythrina variegata L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 474866 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 November 2007
Database record updated:
20 November 2007
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Erythrina variegata
Determiner:
W.R.Sykes
Identification date:
1991-08-05 (Verbatim: 5 Aug 1991)
Preferred name:
Erythrina variegata L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Titikaveka, by Ara Metua
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Titikaveka, by Ara Metua
Verbatim collector:
W.R.Sykes 3982/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
5 Aug 1991
Start date:
1991-08-05
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Plantation margin, probable relic of cultivation
Notes:
Large tree of open habit, deciduous with few leaves on at time of collecting. Trunk stout, pale; branches similar, prickly. On tree at this site: Racemes ± horizontal except for upturned terminal part; flowers secund. Standard c. 6.5-7.3 cm x 2.9-3.3 cm, ovate elliptic except for claw but remaining folded (conduplicate), crimson; wings c. 2.7 cm long; ± elliptic, dark crimson; keels c. 2.5 cm long, free, dark crimson. Stamens 6-7 cm, dark crimson. Style dark crimson.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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