CHR 498836 – Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498836
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 January 1995
Database record updated:
17 November 2014
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Alocasia macrorrhiza (L.) G.Don
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-06 (Verbatim: 6 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Alocasia macrorrhizos (L.) G.Don
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Arales
Family:
Araceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Cook Islands, Penrhyn, Omoka Village
Verbatim locality:
Omoka Village.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4151/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
6 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-06
Land District:
Penrhyn
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Boundary fence by long abandoned garden area.
Notes:
Clump-forming plant with large stout rhizomes standing above the ground for a few centimetres (not collected). Leaves ± erect with blades above deep glossy green and held vertically. Petioles light green. Rarely if ever flowers. A small patch of a metre or so across.
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