CHR 498766 B – Hedychium coronarium J.Koenig
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498766 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 October 2014
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Hedychium coronarium
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-06-24 (Verbatim: 24 Jun 1993)
Preferred name:
Hedychium coronarium J.Koenig
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Takuvaine Valley, by track in bottom
Verbatim locality:
Takuvaine Valley, by track in bottom.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4080/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
24 Jun 1993
Start date:
1993-06-24
Land District:
Rarotonga
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
On slope by track.
Notes:
Large rhizomatous herb forming dense stand c. 1 metre high. Rhizomes not collected, ginger scented. Leaves ± distichous, pale green beneath. A few old inflorescences with seeds, mostly these and the mature carpels not formed. Inflorescence erect. Carpels c. 2.5 x1.5 cm, triangular-ovate, bright orange inside, thick and fleshy with central ridge. Seed subglobose, c. 4 mm diameter, bright scarlet coated. A large stand of some metres.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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