CHR 499235 – Commelina diffusa Burm.f.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499235
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
27 January 1995
Database record updated:
29 September 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Commelina diffusa
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-08-13 (Verbatim: 13 Aug 1993)
Preferred name:
Commelina diffusa Burm.f.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Commelinales
Family:
Commelinaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Home Motu
Verbatim locality:
Home Motu
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4543/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
13 Aug 1993
Start date:
1993-08-13
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Palmerston
Habitat:
Puraka pit bottom, neglected area, amongst tall herbs.
Notes:
Herb with ± succulent straggling weak stems, ascending in upper part. Leaves tending distichous, midrib above pale green. Locally fairly common in this habitat. No flowers and stated not to produce them on Palmerston.
Observed species:
Cyperaceae
Ludwigia octovalvis
Ludwigia octovalvis
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