CHR 497160 B – Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 497160 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
03 October 2001
Database record updated:
09 December 2002
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes (prov.)
Identification date:
1994-03-25 (Verbatim: 25-MAR-1994)
Preferred name:
Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Asclepiadaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Plant from seed ex Austral Is
Verbatim locality:
Plant from seed ex Austral Is.
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Notes:
Erect herb with main stem 2.5-3m high; short lateral branches; copious white latex. Inflorescence branches antrorsely puberulent. Flower pendent, umbellate. Petals white, 10-11x5-6mm, ovate or rhombic-ovate; upper half turned forwards, densely ciliolate. Corona scales c.4mm long, mauve in the concave centre; concealing stamens and flush with white style head at their apex. Gynostegium 4mm long. Wild collection date: 1992. Sheets A to E.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre
Verbatim locality:
Lincoln Science Centre campus, cultivated in glasshouse
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 143/94
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
25-MAR-1994
Start date:
1994-03-25
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
