CHR 495723 – Portulaca oleracea L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 495723
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
22 September 1994
Database record updated:
11 April 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Portulaca oleracea L. ?
Determiner:
J Florence
Identification date:
1992-05-06 (Verbatim: 6 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Portulaca oleracea L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Portulacaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Austral Islands, Raivavae, Mount Taraia
Verbatim locality:
Austral Islands, Raivavae, Mount Taraia
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 123/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
6 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-06
Country:
French Polynesia
Habitat:
Base of large basalt dome, in crevice of basalt.
Notes:
Succulent herb. No flowers. Suberect with a stout stem almost woody at base. A few plants seen; habit very unlike the usual weedy purslane.
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