CHR 498774 – Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498774
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 January 1995
Database record updated:
08 August 2014
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Hedychium flavescens Roscoe
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-06-24 (Verbatim: 24 Jun 1993)
Preferred name:
Hedychium flavescens Carey ex Roscoe
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Tupapa Valley, near valley entrance, Gorge Ta'are's Property
Verbatim locality:
Tupapa Valley, near valley entrance, G. Ta'are's Property.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4088/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
24 Jun 1993
Start date:
1993-06-24
Land District:
Rarotonga
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Margin of small grassy (mown) area, just above stream.
Notes:
Clump-forming herb, rhizomatous, ginger-scented. Inflorescence c. 1 m high, the leaves beneath tending distichous and shining above. Bracts strongly overlapping, reddish towards base. Flowers very fragrant. Perianth tube very slender, c. 10 cm long; pale green sheath at base. Perianth mostly pale yellow; middle segment c. 6 cm long & c. 4.3 cm wide, bilobed, deeper yellow area in middle and base; lateral segments c. 5 cm long, elliptic-spathulate. Stamens pale yellow filaments. A single clump and most probably a cultivation relic. Rare on Rarotonga.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
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