CHR 515664 B – Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515664 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
14 November 2011
Database record updated:
14 November 2011
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ipomoea indica (Burman) Merr.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1997-11-15 (Verbatim: 15 Nov 1997)
Preferred name:
Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Tongatapu, Palehake area
Verbatim locality:
Tongatapu, Palehake area
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 1003/T
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
15 Nov 1997
Start date:
1997-11-15
Country:
Tonga
Abundance:
Common
Habitat:
Forest remnant, by track, on shrubs.
Abundance:
Common
Notes:
Vine, scrambling up to c. 3 m from ground. Corolla 7.5-9 x 6-7 cm across the expanded top, mauve-blue with pinkish mid-petaline bands inside, these whitish outside; corolla tube whitish towards base. Capsules 4-5-lobed, 1.3-1.5 cm across flattened top. Seeds black. Common but capsules infrequent I think.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Duplicates
BISH:
Direction:
Sent
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
