CHR 516662 – Achyranthes aspera L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516662
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
03 July 1998
Database record updated:
28 April 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Achyranthes aspera L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-06 (Verbatim: 6 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Achyranthes aspera L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Amaranthaceae
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 4856/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
6 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-06
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Summit ridge, just beneath summit of basalt cliff, on ledge.
Notes:
Erect herb with inflorescences to 70-80 cm high. Leaves very soft herbaceous, dull green. Bracts green-silvery, retrorse except for few spreading ones near apex. Perianth pink. Common in a few small pockets.
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