CHR 499150 – Cenchrus echinatus L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499150
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
26 January 1995
Database record updated:
27 August 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cenchrus echinatus L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-08-05 (Verbatim: 5 Aug 1993)
Preferred name:
Cenchrus echinatus L.
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, near Hospital
Verbatim locality:
Rakahanga Village, near hospital
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4458/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
5 Aug 1993
Start date:
1993-08-05
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rakahanga
Abundance:
Abundant
Habitat:
Roadside, rough grassy area, on coral sand.
Abundance:
Abundant
Notes:
Herb with small root system and one or few ± erect stems. Leaves rather light green. Spikelets with very spiny glumes, pink to purple or purplish green, green on lower side often. A pernicious weed.
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