CHR 496640 B – Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 496640 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
24 January 2014
Database record updated:
03 May 2019
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2019-05-03 (Verbatim: 3 May 2019)
Preferred name:
Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Gramineae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following Simon, B.K. 2010: Austrobaileya 8: 187-221.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1992-09-09 (Verbatim: 9 Sep 1992)
Preferred name:
Cenchrus purpureus (Schumach.) Morrone
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Society Islands, Tahiti, Taravao Plateau, near end of road
Verbatim locality:
Society Islands, Tahiti, Taravao Plateau, near end of road.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 504/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
22 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-22
Country:
French Polynesia
Altitudes:
from 650m
Habitat:
Roadside, open area of scrub and long grass.
Notes:
Large clump-forming grass, the culms c. 2.5 m high. Leaves with white midrib above. Inflorescence cylindric, to c.15 cm long, pale straw colour. Common and often in thickets.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Permissions
Project permits
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