CHR 516424 – Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516424
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 June 1998
Database record updated:
31 October 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Epiphyllum oxypetalum (L.) Haw.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1996-11-14 (Verbatim: 14 Nov 1996)
Preferred name:
Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Cactaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Arutanga
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Arutanga
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4754/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-02
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Cultivated on large tree trunk.
Notes:
Climbing plant with flat, dark green, succulent stems, climbing by aerial roots. Flowers white, ± pendent, ± closed when collected, perianth 7-8 cm long, ± linear-lanceolate, acuminate, outermost ones pale green. Stamens white. Style purplish-pink; stigmas radiating, yellow. Nocturnal.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Possibly a hybrid Disocactus × Epiphyllum
E. Eastmann Densem, 27 Sep 2016
E. Eastmann Densem, 27 Sep 2016
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