CHR 515262 A – Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515262 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
12 March 1998
Database record updated:
06 November 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-04-22 (Verbatim: 22 Apr 1995)
Preferred name:
Alpinia zerumbet (Pers.) B.L.Burtt & R.M.Sm.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Tupapa
Verbatim locality:
Tupapa
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4624/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
22 Apr 1995
Start date:
1995-04-22
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Cultivation relic, open garden frontage, by small stream.
Notes:
Large clump, rhizomatous. Leaves 77 x13 cm in typical one measured, ± upwards pointing; ligular sheath large; lamina dark glossy green above except for pale midrib. Inflorescence curving downwards. Flowers 5.5-6 cm long, curving forwards, waxy, shining, thick tepals which are white and pink (apex) except labellum. Lower tepal with 3 large triangular teeth; upper and two lateral tepals of inner whorl equal, the lateral ones imbricate. Labellum 4-4.5 cm long, rusty-red becoming yellow towards apex and margins, the upturned sides forming a deep trough.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
