CHR 515689 – Portulaca L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515689
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
08 October 1998
Database record updated:
15 November 2011
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Portulaca samoensis
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1997-11-16 (Verbatim: 16 Nov 1997)
Preferred name:
Portulaca L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Portulacaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Tongatapu, Hufangulupe Beach
Verbatim locality:
Tongatapu, Hufangulupe Beach
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 1027/T
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
16 Nov 1997
Start date:
1997-11-16
Country:
Tonga
Habitat:
Track through coastal forest behind beach, rock crevices.
Notes:
Prostrate succulent herb forming a small mat. Leaves flattened, shining, obtuse. Flowers yellow; petals soon closing but apparently 7-8 mm long. A few plants only.
Duplicates
BISH:
Direction:
Sent
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
