CHR 495987 – Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 495987
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
27 October 1994
Database record updated:
25 October 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) Gray
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1992-05-16 (Verbatim: 16 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Tithonia diversifolia (Hemsl.) A.Gray
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Austral Islands, Rairua
Verbatim locality:
Austral Islands, Rairua
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 362/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
16 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-16
Country:
French Polynesia
Habitat:
By road, on steep bank.
Notes:
Shrub c. 2 m high, forming a large thicket. Leaves ± aromatic when bruised. Disc 2-2.5 cm across; florets orange-yellow. Rays golden, 3.5-4.5 x 1-1.3 cm, oblong-elliptic (narrowly so).
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