CHR 515807 B – Cyperus L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515807 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
24 June 2002
Database record updated:
14 August 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cyperus stolonifer Retz.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1998-04-23 (Verbatim: 23-APR-1998)
Preferred name:
Cyperus L.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Cyperales
Family:
Cyperaceae
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:
Sykes WR 1143/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 area of silty sand.
Notes:
Rhizomatous herb; rhizomes long; base of stem swollen and forming a bulb-like organ with dark brown investing fibres. Leaves somewhat glaucescent. Spikes flattened and spikelets distichous. Glumes bright chestnut-brown with scarious margins. Dense stands covering many square metres, only those in damp silty depressions flowering.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Duplicates
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