CHR 499137 – Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499137
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
26 January 1995
Database record updated:
18 May 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-08-04 (Verbatim: 4 Aug 1993)
Preferred name:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Rakahanga Village
Verbatim locality:
Rakahanga Village
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4445/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
4 Aug 1993
Start date:
1993-08-04
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rakahanga
Habitat:
Cultivated by grave.
Notes:
Shrub c. 1.5 m high, dense habit. Leaves ± shining above but rather chlorotic. Flowers scarlet crimson, double; petals 4-5 cm long, ± incurved (outer ones), top of flower appearing flat; petals very numerous and crumpled and curling. This is "Kaute enua", and said to be the originl cultivar here.
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