CHR 496644 B – Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex K.Heyne
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 496644 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
24 January 2014
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Peltophorum ferrugineum
Determiner:
J. Florence
Identification date:
1992-05-22 (Verbatim: 22 May 1992)
Preferred name:
Peltophorum pterocarpum (DC.) Backer ex K.Heyne
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
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 508/FP
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
22 May 1992
Start date:
1992-05-22
Country:
French Polynesia
Altitudes:
from 650m
Habitat:
Margin of scrub forest of indigenous and adventive species.
Notes:
Adventive. Small (?young) tree c. 3 m high. Young shoots, very ferrugineus, young leaves with rusty indumentum also. Leaflets glaucous beneath. Calyx reflexed. Corolla yellow 2.5-3 cm long, petals very crumpled, brown band towards base, ± broad elliptic-obovate, falling as a complete corolla.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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