CHR 516728 A – Asclepias curassavica L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516728 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
24 July 1998
Database record updated:
13 May 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Asclepias curassavica L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-10 (Verbatim: 10 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Asclepias curassavica L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Gentianales
Family:
Asclepiadaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Arorangi
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Arorangi
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4902/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
10 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-10
Country:
Cook Islands
Abundance:
Rare
Habitat:
Waste place near house and on small mound.
Abundance:
Rare
Notes:
Laticiferous herb with erect stems nearly a metre high. Leaves soft. Umbels erect. Perianth c. 8 mm long; segments elliptic, deflexed with upturned ends. Gynostegium c. 4 mm long, erect, orange-yellow with incurving horns. Fruit (still green) erect, 8.5 cm long, cylindric-fusiform.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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