CHR 498775 A – Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498775 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 January 1995
Database record updated:
29 October 2014
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Alpinia zerumbet
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-06-24 (Verbatim: 24 Jun 1993)
Preferred name:
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.
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 4089/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
24 Jun 1993
Start date:
1993-06-24
Land District:
Rarotonga
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
By rough road through small paddock.
Notes:
Rhizomatous herb forming a large clump, several metres long. Leaves and stems to c. 2 m high. Stems rather flattened. Leaves glossy, very dark green above and curving downwards. Inflorescence stem curving downwards, purple and puberulent. Pedicels 5-8 mm, red. Bracts c. 2.5 cm long, waxy white with pink apex, especially the lobes, inflated. Outer perianth whorl c. 2 cm long, pale waxy pink with darker apex. Inner perianth whorl 3.5-4.5 cm long, similar colour. Labellum c. 4.5 cm long, naviculate, reddish-brown with yellow towards margin and apex. Stamen/style column white, curving. Almost certainly a relic of cultivation.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Permissions
Project permits
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