CHR 499110 – Triumfetta procumbens G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499110
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
26 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:
1993-08-03 (Verbatim: 3 Aug 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 Ngangie
Verbatim locality:
Motu Ngangie
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4419/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
3 Aug 1993
Start date:
1993-08-03
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rakahanga
Habitat:
Clearing in Cocos forest.
Notes:
Stems tough and fibrous, long trailing, mostly prostrate but with short lateral branches ± erect. Vegetative shoots mostly with leaves 3-lobed (i.e. main trailing stems), adult shoots ± unlobed. Flowers opening late in afternoon. Sepals 13-15 x 2 mm, linear, pale yellow. Petals 8-9 x 4-5 mm, ± oblanceolate, yellow (deep). Fruits globular, pale green, covered with soft spines. Locally abundant, often forming dense carpets, and individual stems trailing for many metres over the sand.
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