CHR 516551 – Gloriosa superba L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516551
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
25 June 1998
Database record updated:
22 January 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Gloriosa superba L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-03 (Verbatim: 3 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Gloriosa superba L.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Colchicaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Ureia, near Araura
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Ureia, near Araura
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4804/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
3 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-03
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Abandoned plantation area, margin of adventive scrub, partial shade.
Notes:
Low climbing herb. Leaves glossy beneath, ending in a tendril. Flowers pendent, the 6 perianth lobes 5.3-5.7 cm long, arching upwards and over to meet at apex, narrowly channelled in lower part, ± lanceolate in outline above but very undulate and frilled, yellow in lower half, orange-red in upper half. Stamens c. 3 cm long, horizontal except for upper half. Stamens c. 3 cm long, horizontal except for upturned ends. Style c. 4.5 cm long, sharply bent at base. Locally fairly common.
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