CHR 499160 – Triumfetta procumbens G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499160
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:
1993-08-07 (Verbatim: 7 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:
Anchorage Motu
Verbatim locality:
Anchorage Motu
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4468/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
7 Aug 1993
Start date:
1993-08-07
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Suwarrow
Habitat:
Ocean side, Cocos forest clearing near margin, on coral sand.
Notes:
Long trailing main stems, tough epidermis, bearing strongly lobed trifoliate leaves. Lateral shoots ± erect and with unlobed or shallowly lobed leaves. Plant ± mat-forming. Sepals 12-14-(15) x c. 2 mm, linear, pale yellow. Petals yellow, 8-9 x 3.5-4 mm, oblanceolate. Fruit 13-15 mm diameter, including the soft spines, globose, green. Locally abundant.
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