CHR 498928 – Bougainvillea Comm. ex Juss.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 498928
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
23 January 1995
Database record updated:
18 August 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Bougainvillea x buttiana Holttum & Standley ?
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2001-01-12 (Verbatim: 12 Jan 2001)
Preferred name:
Bougainvillea Comm. ex Juss.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Nyctaginaceae
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 4243/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
15 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-15
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Penrhyn
Notes:
Sprawling, semi-lianoid, prickly shrub. Leaves membranous, dark green above, often eaten by leaf cutting insect. Bracts to 4.5 x 3.5 cm, broadly oblong-ovate, pink or rose depending on age, membranous. Perianth tube 1.5-2 cm long, narrow cylindric-fusiform, dark red; limb cream, 4-5 mm across, appearing plicate. One of about 3 common cultivars on Penrhyn.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Permissions
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