CHR 516429 – Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516429
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 June 1998
Database record updated:
21 January 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-02 (Verbatim: 2 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Vaipae
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Vaipae
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4759/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-02
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Cultivated
Notes:
Perennial plant with long creeping stems arising from purplish skinned tubers (not collected). Leaves glaucescent beneath; apex of petiole purple. Flowers erect. Corolla c. 4 cm long x 3.7-4 cm across limb, funnel form, magenta-purple inside, except for outer expanded part which is white. Probably a fairly recent import.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
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