CHR 498785 A – Fitchia speciosa
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498785 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 January 1995
Database record updated:
30 October 2014
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Fitchia speciosa
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-06-26 (Verbatim: 26 Jun 1993)
Preferred name:
Fitchia speciosa
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Takuvaine Valley, track to Te Kou
Verbatim locality:
Takuvaine Valley, track to Te Kou.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4099/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
26 Jun 1993
Start date:
1993-06-26
Land District:
Rarotonga
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 300m
Habitat:
On ridge in main valley, rather low forest.
Notes:
Small tree with prop roots, 4-5 m high. Leaves rather membranous, dull deep or bright green. Inflorescence mostly over flowering, pendulous. Flowers orange; corolla segments 4-4.5 cm, narrow linear. Style pale yellow, c. 6.5 cm long. Stamens 4-4.5 cm long; filaments pale yellow. Inner phyllaries pale orange, 4-4.5 cm long. Leaves to 23 x 13 cm, ovate, short acuminate; veins paler. Petiole to c. 17 cm long, pale green with deep green dashes. Abundant at this altitude and above, but not much below it.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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