CHR 515752 B – Centaurea melitensis L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515752 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
25 November 2004
Database record updated:
25 November 2004
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Centaurea melitensis L.
Determiner:
W.R.S. [Sykes WR]
Identification date:
1998-01-28 (Verbatim: 28 1 98)
Preferred name:
Centaurea melitensis L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
'Eua, Below Kahana, on first terrace
Verbatim locality:
'Eua, Below Kahana, on first terrace
Verbatim collector:
WRS. [Sykes WR] 1090/T
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
21 11 97
Start date:
1997-11-21
Country:
Tonga
Habitat:
Near Cliff edge, open goat-grazed area among coral outcrops.
Notes:
Herb with erect stems and the whole plant appearing grey or nearly so. Stems winged. Capitula with very slender pale brown spines to c. 8 mm long. Head of yellow florets c. 1 cm across. A considerable number of plants but only in this very restricted habitat.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Duplicates
BISH:
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