CHR 499257 A – Erythrina variegata L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 499257 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
27 January 1995
Database record updated:
12 February 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Erythrina variegata
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-08-01 (Verbatim: 1 Aug 1993)
Preferred name:
Erythrina variegata L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Tupapa, near Ara Tapu
Verbatim locality:
Tupapa, near Ara Tapu
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4564/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
18 Aug 1993
Start date:
1993-08-18
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Large tree 20-22 m high with open habit, deciduous; trunk with large girth, pale greyish white. Leaves with large leaflets on vegetative shoots, mostly absent at this time. Racemes curving upwards. Flowers with recuved or backward pointing standard, 6.5-7 x c. 3 cm across; wings c. 2 x1 cm, asymmetric, orange-red; keel 11-12 x 10-11 mm, dark shining, red. Does not fruit apparently.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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