CHR 516491 – Dioscorea L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516491
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
25 June 1998
Database record updated:
22 January 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Dioscorea
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Dioscorea L.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Amuri, near Tom's Beach Cottage
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Amuri, near Tom's Beach Cottage
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4791/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
3 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-03
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Cultivated on Cocos, near house.
Notes:
Vigorous liane, main stem with prickles (not collected). Leaves firm, glossy bright green above, 5-7-nerved. Sterile. Local name "oi parai".
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
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