CHR 496619 – Barleria cristata L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 496619
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 December 1994
Database record updated:
14 November 2013
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Barleria cristata L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1992-05-21 (Verbatim: 21 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Barleria cristata L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Scrophulariales
Family:
Acanthaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Society Islands, Tahiti, Papeete, Arue Camp
Verbatim locality:
Society Islands, Tahiti, Papeete, Arue Camp
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 485/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
21 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-21
Country:
French Polynesia
Habitat:
Cultivated as part of hedge.
Notes:
Shrub c. 2 m high. Leaves membranous, pale green beneath. Bracts becoming spiny and chartaceous. Corolla violet blue, 6-7 cm long; lobes 2-2.5 cm long, ± elliptic, limb almost regular.
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