Systematics Collections Data

CHR 515806 – Portulaca L.

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515806
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 October 1998
Database record updated:
15 March 2012
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Portulaca samoensis
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1998-04-23 (Verbatim: 23 Apr 1998)
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:
'Eua, just north of Ohonua
Verbatim locality:
'Eua, just north of Ohonua
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 1142/T
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
23 Nov 1997
Start date:
1997-11-23
Country:
Tonga
Habitat:
In front of coastal forest, open patch of coral sand.
Notes:
Succulent, prostrate, mat-forming herb, glabrous. Leaves green-veined as viewed by transmitted light. Flowers yellow, c. 8 mm long; petals apiculate. A small number of plants.
Duplicates
BISH:
Direction:
Sent
UC:
Direction:
Sent
Permissions
Project permits
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice