CHR 499114 – Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499114
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
26 January 1995
Database record updated:
30 July 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) Roemer & Schultes
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-08-03 (Verbatim: 3 Aug 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:
Near Rakahanga, Rakuraku (near school)
Verbatim locality:
Near Rakahanga, Rakuraku (near school)
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4423/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
3 Aug 1993
Start date:
1993-08-03
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rakahanga
Habitat:
Margin of taro swamp, amongst tall herbs.
Notes:
Stems decumbent or ascending, soft and semi-succulent, often pink. Leaves dark green. Inflorescence of sessile white subglobose heads c. 5 mm diameter. A small patch.
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