CHR 499043 – Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499043
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
25 January 1995
Database record updated:
10 July 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) Roemer & Schultes
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-28 (Verbatim: 28 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Motu Te Pae Roa Ngake, Tukao Village
Verbatim locality:
Motu Te Pae Roa Ngake, Tukao Village.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4354/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
28 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-28
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Manihiki
Habitat:
Taro swamp margin, in mud.
Notes:
Herb with stems prostrate and rooting at nodes lower down, becoming erect and bending at successive nodes. Flowers white, in small glomerules, 3-4 mm across usually. A number of plants, probably fairly common.
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