CHR 495940 – Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 495940
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
14 October 1994
Database record updated:
16 September 2014
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2014-09-16 (Verbatim: 16 Sep 2014)
Preferred name:
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following Jørgensen, P. M. et al (eds.) 2014. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de Bolivia. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 127(1–2): 1???.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Hibiscus abelmoschus
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1992-05-14 (Verbatim: 14 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Abelmoschus moschatus Medik.
Active:
no
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 316/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
14 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-14
Country:
French Polynesia
Altitudes:
from 250m
Habitat:
Steep grass and fern gully, near bottom in moist soil.
Notes:
Shrub or subshrub with stems to c. 1 m long, flexible and lax. Petals c. 5.5 cm long, bright yellow with dark crimson basal blotch. 3 or 4 plants only.
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