CHR 500283 E – Alocasia brisbanensis (F.M.Bailey) Domin
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 500283 E
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
15 March 2005
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Alocasia brisbanensis
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1994-11-22 (Verbatim: 22-NOV-1994)
Preferred name:
Alocasia brisbanensis (F.M.Bailey) Domin
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Arales
Family:
Araceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Denham Bay, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
29.26070 S 177.94769 W (WGS84 -29.2607 -177.94769)
Verbatim locality:
Raoul Island, Denham Bay, S.E. end.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 1788/K
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
22-NOV-1994
Start date:
1994-11-22
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Native lands:
Te Aupōuri
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-29.2534 S -177.9380 W (WGS84 -29.2534 -177.938)
Habitat:
Metrosideros forest, shrub understorey absent.
Notes:
Large rhizomatous herb; rhizomes very thick, not collected. Leaves to c.2m high, often held ± erect, shining beneath, midrib and main veins pale,and raised on both sides; petiole with erect sheath. Inflorescence stem and inflorescence erect, to c.1.5m. Inflorenscence fragrant. Spathe ± elliptic or lanceolate elliptic, pale green and concave at first, becoming pale yellow and eventually reflexing; expanded part 15 to nearly 30 cm x 4-8.5 cm. Spadix 14-25 cm long; male and female part separated by short sterile portion; male part 4- 8 cm long; sterile terminal portion 6-9 cm long, tapering towards the obtuse or subacute apex, finely segmented. Young fruit rounded and slightly flattened, glossy. Abundant and forming a dense stand through which little else can grow.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to J
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