CHR 495937 C – Hibiscus tiliaceus L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 495937 C
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
21 October 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Hibiscus tiliaceus L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1992-05-14 (Verbatim: 14 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Hibiscus tiliaceus L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Austral Islands, Raivavae, valley behind Vaiuru
Verbatim locality:
Austral Islands, Raivavae, valley behind Vaiuru
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 313/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
14 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-14
Country:
French Polynesia
Abundance:
Abundant
Altitudes:
from 50m
Habitat:
Near valley bottom (by water intake tank), au forest margin.
Abundance:
Abundant
Notes:
Tree to c. 10 cm high, widespreading with many low horizontal branches close to the ground and forming a tangled mass with adjacent au trees. Leaves light grey beneath. Petals c. 6.5-7 cm long, yellow with dark crimson basal area, becoming orange and the flower closing by late afternoon. Fruit erect.
Observed species:
Hibiscus tiliaceus
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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