CHR 515823 – Aristolochia elegans Mast.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 515823
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
30 October 1998
Database record updated:
30 April 2012
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Aristolochia elegans
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1997-11-24 (Verbatim: 24 Nov 1997)
Preferred name:
Aristolochia elegans Mast.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Aristolochiales
Family:
Aristolochiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
'Eua, Ohonua
Verbatim locality:
'Eua, Ohonua
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 1159/T
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
24 Nov 1997
Start date:
1997-11-24
Country:
Tonga
Habitat:
On ornamental shrubs in middle of open section.
Notes:
Vine, climbing to 2 m (i.e. as high as host branches). Leaves shining green above, pale glaucescent beneath. Flowers pendent. Perianth with pale green tube bent back on itself; lower swollen part c. 3.5 cm long; distal part slender and c. 2 cm long. Perianth limb c. 8 x 7 cm viewed from front (facing outwards), almost semi-circular with margins curving inwards, heavily mottled dark purple and white; base cordate; circular entrance to tube with pilose hairs inside.
Duplicates
BISH:
Direction:
Sent
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