CHR 499073 – Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499073
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
25 January 1995
Database record updated:
17 July 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-07-31 (Verbatim: 31 Jul 1993)
Preferred name:
Paspalum orbiculare G.Forst.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Gramineae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rakahanga Village, Niteiri
Verbatim locality:
Rakahanga Village, Niteiri
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4383/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
31 Jul 1993
Start date:
1993-07-31
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rakahanga
Habitat:
Margin of puraka pit; light shade from Cocos.
Notes:
Clump-forming grass; culms purplish near base. Inflorescence eventually arching over. Spikes widely divergent from main rachis, often ± horizontal. Spikelets green. Culms slightly purplish at base, but not nearly as much as plants in the Southern Cooks.
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