CHR 516555 – Capsicum frutescens L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516555
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
26 June 1998
Database record updated:
22 January 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Capsicum frutescens L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-03 (Verbatim: 3 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Capsicum frutescens L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Solanales
Family:
Solanaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Nikaupara
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Nikaupara
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4808/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
3 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-03
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Roadside scrub bordering on Hibiscus band.
Notes:
Shrub 1-1.5 m high. Leaves very thin, shining above. Flowers pendent, white; lobes c. 6 mm long, broadly ovate, star-like. Anthers dark. Fruit erect, (1.8)-2.2-3.3 cm, forming a gradually tapering cone, turning yellow and finally scarlet.
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