CHR 516746 – Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 516746
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 August 1998
Database record updated:
26 April 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1995-05-10 (Verbatim: 10 May 1995)
Preferred name:
Tecomaria capensis (Thunb.) Spach
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Scrophulariales
Family:
Bignoniaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Arorangi
Verbatim locality:
Arorangi
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4920/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
10 May 1995
Start date:
1995-05-10
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Cultivated as a hedge.
Notes:
Shrub c. 1.5 m high, probably pruned. Leaflets deep green above with impressed veins. Flowers erect, scarlet, c. 5.2 cm long to apex of the almost erect upper lip, this with diverging lobes; tube curving and ampliate, c. 3.3 cm to base of lower lip; lower lip lobes 1.4-1.6 cm long, ± oblong with rounded apices; lateral lobes sharply deflexed. Stamens exserted and curving forward. Style c. 9.2 cm, red. An uncommon plant on Rarotonga.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
