CHR 495992 C – Centrosema pubescens Benth.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 495992 C
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
11 November 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Centrosema pubescens Benth.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1992-05-19 (Verbatim: 19 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Centrosema pubescens Benth.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Society Islands, Tahiti, Arue, Orstom Grounds
Verbatim locality:
Society Islands, Tahiti, Arue, Orstom grounds
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 367/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
19 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-19
Country:
French Polynesia
Altitudes:
from 25m
Habitat:
Roadside, by forest of adventives, on shrubs along margin.
Notes:
Vine with slender creeping and climbing stems. Corolla 3-3.5 cm long i.e. standard, suborbicular, mauve inside, with white central band, bordered by purple, cream inside. Corolla standard rather concave above and half covering wings and keel, these being c. 1-1.5 cm long, pale mauve with purple apex to wings. Pods pale with thick green margin. A common adventive.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
