CHR 485225 A – Abildgaardia ovata (Burm.f.) Kral
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 485225 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
04 February 2008
Database record updated:
13 October 2025
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Abildgaardia ovata (Burm.f.) Kral
Determiner:
Greer PA
Identification date:
2025-10 (Verbatim: Oct 2025)
Preferred name:
Abildgaardia ovata (Burm.f.) Kral
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following: Cyperaceae Working Group. (2025). Global Cyperaceae Database. Abildgaardia ovata (Burm.f.) Kral. Accessed at: https://www.cyperaceae.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1678610 on 2025-10-07
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Fimbristylis ovata (Burm.f.) Kern.
Determiner:
R O Gardner
Identification date:
1993 (Verbatim: 1993)
Preferred name:
Abildgaardia ovata (Burm.f.) Kral
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Yasawa Islands group, Waya Island, Yalobi, above school
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-17.3 177.133
Verbatim locality:
Yasawa Islands group, Waya Island, Yalobi, above school
Verbatim collector:
R O Gardner 6803
Standardised collector:
Rhys O. Gardner
Verbatim date:
25 July 1992
Start date:
1992-07-25
Country:
Fiji
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
17°18´ S 177°8´ E (WGS84 -17.3 177.133333)
Altitudes:
from 150m
Notes:
Clumps tp 30 cm tall, common among grasses on dry goat-infested hillside. No modern Wayan name. St John got "dodo bawale", that is, associate of Angiopteris evecta. This is apparently because both plants were used in garlands. However theFimbristylis is not used today, and I think St John's informant mistook this plant for Cyperus rotundus, whose scented tubers are occasionally used in garlands (at least elsewhere in the Pacific)
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
From Auckland Institute & Museum Herbarium; Auckland, New Zealand
Duplicate of AK 213328
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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