CHR 500418 A – Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 500418 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
14 July 1995
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1994-11-26 (Verbatim: 26-NOV-1994)
Preferred name:
Xanthosoma sagittifolium (L.) Schott
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Arales
Family:
Araceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Low Flat, Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
29°14.9´ S 177°55.5´ W
Verbatim locality:
Raoul Island, Low Flat
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 1826/K
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
26-NOV-1994
Start date:
1994-11-26
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Margin of grass meadow, partial shade of trees.
Notes:
Massive subfleshy herb with thick rhizome 6-8cm diameter (not collected). Leaves very large; petioles to 80cm long, erect. Lamina to c.70x56cm, broadly ovate with cordate base, dull green above, pale glaucous beneath, with prominent submarginal vein; lateral veins and midrib raised beneath.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to E
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