CHR 498920 – Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498920
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
23 January 1995
Database record updated:
18 May 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-15 (Verbatim: 15 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Cook Islands, Penrhyn, Omoka Village
Verbatim locality:
Omoka Village.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4235/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
15 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-15
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Penrhyn
Habitat:
Cultivated on "pure" coral sand by sea.
Notes:
Shrub c. 2 m high with long arching branches. Flowers directed sideways or obliquely downwards usually. Corolla c. 5.7-6.3 x 4.7-8.5 cm wide (i.e. each petal) towards the outside of the corolla. Petals broadly deltoid-obvate, recurving, deep crimson-scarlet with glossy central area, with many short oblong to ovate lobes rounded at apices, crimson. Column 8-8.5 cm (i.e. to the stigma (5)), all light rose. Filaments 6-7 mm long. This plant is said to represent the old long-cultivated form on Penrhyn.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
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