CHR 499001 – Triumfetta procumbens G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499001
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
24 January 1995
Database record updated:
14 April 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Triumfetta procumbens G.Forst.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-27 (Verbatim: 27 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Triumfetta procumbens G.Forst.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Tiliaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Motu Porea
Verbatim locality:
Motu Porea.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4313/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
27 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-27
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Manihiki
Habitat:
Clearing in Cocos forest, towards margin of forest.
Notes:
Herb with long trailing stems, very tough, lateral branches rather short and ± ascending often. Trailing shoots usually with prominently lobed leaves, lateral shoots with reproductive parts with unlobed or very shallowly lobed leaves. Forming large mats and abundant in clearings and open places in forest. Flowers opening in late afternoon, withering by morning. Sepals 13-14 mm long, narrowly linear, pale yellow. Petals 10-11 x 4-5 mm, elliptic-oblanceolate, yellow, with rounded apical area. Fruit a globular burr with soft spines, light green.
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