CHR 516658 B – Gossypium hirsutum L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516658 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 April 2016
Database record updated:
29 April 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Gossypium hirsutum L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-06-12 (Verbatim: 12 Jun 1995)
Preferred name:
Gossypium hirsutum L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
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 4852/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
6 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-06
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Summit ridge, basalt ledge, on cliff edge.
Notes:
Small bush c. 1 m high, spreading. Stems tough; shoots dark reddish-purple. Leaves fresh green, dull. Bracts very laciniate, 3.5-4 cm long to tip of long acuminate apex, outline ovate, pink-flushed. Probably = to Gossypium var. taitense (Parl.) Roberty. Calyx small; lobes prominent, acuminate. Corolla c. 5 cm long, pink when collected (late afternoon), presumably yellow when first out; no basal dark blotch. A few old fruits, one of which had a seed or two covered in white cotton with tuft of short brown fuzz at one end. One plant at this site but a small group at the north end of the ridge < 100 m away.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
