CHR 515739 B – Cycas L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515739 B
Specimen type:
Bag
Database record added:
09 February 2012
Database record updated:
09 February 2012
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cycas rumphii
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1997-11-20 (Verbatim: 20 Nov 1997)
Preferred name:
Cycas L.
Division:
Pinophyta
Class:
Cycadatae
Family:
Cycadaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
'Eua, southeast corner, near Matalangi-a-Maui
Verbatim locality:
'Eua, southeast corner, near Matalangi-a-Maui
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 1077/T
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
20 Nov 1997
Start date:
1997-11-20
Country:
Tonga
Altitudes:
from 20m
Habitat:
Coastal forest on lower terrace, with tall emergent trees.
Notes:
Small tree with stout or massive trunk a metre or so high. Leaves with very hard and woody petiole and rachis. Leaflets very coriaceous, dark glossy green above, revolute. Male strobili on another plant to c. 30 cm long, pale brownish-grey (not collected). Seed c. 5 cm x 3.8-4 cm, broad ovoid-ellipsoid, pale brown, heavy. Locally very common and sometimes in the open and sometimes in the understorey.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A, B (Fruit)
Duplicates
BISH:
Direction:
Sent
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
