CHR 516427 – Asparagus aethiopicus 'Sprengeri'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516427
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 June 1998
Database record updated:
19 September 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Asparagus aethiopicus 'Sprengeri'
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2016-09-19 (Verbatim: 19 Sep 2016)
Preferred name:
Asparagus aethiopicus 'Sprengeri'
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Asparagaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following Sykes WR, 2016: Flora of Cook Islands p.202
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Asparagus densiflorus `Sprengeri'
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-02 (Verbatim: 2 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri'
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Ureia
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Ureia
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4757/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-02
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Shrubby plant with tough wiry, ± trailing or scrambling stems. Cladodes light shining green. Fruit c. 8 mm across, flattened slightly but otherwise ± globose, glossy, stated to turn red when mature. Uncommon.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
