CHR 516644 – Commelina diffusa Burm.f.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516644
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
03 July 1998
Database record updated:
28 April 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Commelina diffusa Burm.f.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-06 (Verbatim: 6 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Commelina diffusa Burm.f.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Commelinales
Family:
Commelinaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Amuri
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Amuri
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4838/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
6 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-06
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Base of hill on volcanic soil in moist place.
Notes:
Lax-stemmed herb, often rooting at nodes and finally ascending, forming dense masses. Bracts naviculate, 1.7-3 cm long, > acute or long acuminate. Corolla blue. Corolla lateral petals (2) with ovate-cordate limb 4-5 mm x 4-5 mm; claw < limb; third petal 3-4 mm long, remaining folded (involute). Filaments and style blue. Abundant in many inland disturbed sites.
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