CHR 496062 – Solanum americanum Mill.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 496062
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
28 October 1994
Database record updated:
13 November 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Solanum americanum subsp. nutans
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1992-05-20 (Verbatim: 20 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Solanum americanum Mill.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Solanaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Society Islands, Tahiti, near Mount Marau
Verbatim locality:
Society Islands, Tahiti, near Mt Marau
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 438/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
20 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-20
Country:
French Polynesia
Altitudes:
from 1300m to 1450m
Habitat:
Ridge top. Track near pylon, in gravel.
Notes:
Herb c. 60 cm high; bushy habit. Leaves light green. Corolla white; lobes 3-5 mm. Fruit glossy black, c. 5 mm diameter, stone cells present; fruiting calyx recurved. Apparently rare in this place.
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