CHR 495495 – Asclepias curassavica L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 495495
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
16 September 1994
Database record updated:
21 March 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Asclepias curassavica L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1992-05-05 (Verbatim: 5 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Asclepias curassavica L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Asclepiadaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Austral Islands, Raivavae, west Anatonu
Verbatim locality:
Austral Islands, Raivavae, west Anatonu
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 97/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
5 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-05
Country:
French Polynesia
Habitat:
In wet low-lying soil, amongst tall herbs.
Notes:
Stems 60-70 cm high, simple. Latex milky. Flowers in a corymb. Perianth segments orange, deflexed; corona erect crimson. 12-20 plants.
Observed species:
Ludwigia octovalvis
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