CHR 517751 F – Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 517751 F
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 February 2011
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ensete ventricosum
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Ensete ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Musaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Mount Albert Research Centre, 120 Mount Albert Road, Mount Albert, Auckland
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-36.890167 174.726167
Verbatim locality:
Auckland City, Mount Albert, Science Research Centre
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 448/97
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
5-DEC-1997
Start date:
1997-12-05
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Giant musoid plant with stout pseudostem 2-2.5m high and leaves another 2m or so high above pseudostem apex. Leaves with prominent reddish-purple midrib and petiole; midrib deeply channelled above; lamina to 150cm long to 60cm wide; apex aristate; petiole about 40cm from the wide sheathing base. Inflorescence a giant pendulous trunk 2-3m or more long by about 15-20cm diameter, at time of collecting mainly dead and with bracts dry and shrivelled, but with distal bracts still fleshy and with flowers at anthesis. Bracts subtending the rows of male and female flowers to about 22 x 12cm, broad ovate, pale green, flushed purple distally. Female flowers 5.5-6cm long; ovary cream, about 2cm long. Perianth about 1.5cm long, thin hyaline membrane. Stigmas purplish. Male flowers 5.5-6cm long; anthers about 2.7-2.8cm long, red. Fruits young, to about 3 x 0.7cm, 4-angled, oblong and hidden amongst dead bracts. Plant monocarpic; leafy specimen from young nearby tree.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to F
Voucher:
Leaf material removed for virus research (virus movements and dating of viruses).
Dr Arvind Varsani, University of Canterbury. 15 Feb 2011.
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