CHR 516653 – Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516653
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
03 July 1998
Database record updated:
28 April 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-06 (Verbatim: 6 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Aitutaki, Amuri District, Mania Ridge
Verbatim locality:
Aitutaki, Amuri District, Mania Ridge
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4847/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
6 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-06
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Base of basalt cliff, in Hibiscus forest.
Notes:
Vine climbing up to canopy on trunk of Hibiscus. Stems spineless, terete. Leaves ± shining above with prominent indented veins. Petioles purple at apex and base. Bulbils ± globose, dark brown. Sterile. A number of plants.
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