CHR 498797 – Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498797
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 January 1995
Database record updated:
21 October 2014
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-02 (Verbatim: 2 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Apocynaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Cook Islands, Penrhyn, Omoka Village
Verbatim locality:
Omoka Village
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4112/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-02
Country:
Cook Islands
Abundance:
Common
Habitat:
Cultivated most probably.
Abundance:
Common
Notes:
Herb with branched stems 40-50 cm high, spreading habit. Leaf midrib whitish. Corolla all white, except for pale greenish tube 2.7-3 cm long; limb patent; lobes 2.3-2.5 x 1.9-2.2 cm, broad obovate, slightly asymmetric, mucronulate.
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