CHR 474869 B – Cecropia obtusifolia Bertol.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 474869 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
30 October 2002
Database record updated:
14 November 2002
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cecropia obtusifolia Bertol.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-08-26 (Verbatim: 26/8/2002)
Preferred name:
Cecropia obtusifolia Bertol.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Urticales
Family:
Cecropiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Cecropia palmata
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1991-08-05 (Verbatim: 5 Aug 1991)
Preferred name:
Cecropia palmata Willd.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Titikaveka, near Ara Metua
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Titikaveka, near Ara Metua
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3985/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
5-AUG-1991
Start date:
1991-08-05
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Neglected plantation margin, in forest strip.
Notes:
Young tree 6-7m high with slender, simple horizontally-ribbed trunk. Leaflets greyish-white beneath, dark shining green above; petiole swollen at base, c.50cm long. See Supplementary Label.
Observed species:
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Male spikes in clusters, initally enveloped in a pale green sheath; spikes mostly 9-12 cm long, cylindric.
Common in stands of forest along old plantation boundaries, streamside and any groves of tall woody vegetation.
W.R.Sykes, 5 Aug 1991
W.R.Sykes, 5 Aug 1991
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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