CHR 517772 A – Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 517772 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
19 November 1998
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott 'Fontanesii'
Determiner:
WR Sykes
Identification date:
2000-11-29 (Verbatim: 29-11-2000)
Preferred name:
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Arales
Family:
Araceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Alocasia violacea
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1997-12-06 (Verbatim: 6-DEC-1997)
Preferred name:
Alocasia (Schott) G.Don
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Oratia, Parker Road, Landsendt Nursery
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-36.93 174.608
Verbatim locality:
Oratia, Parker Road, Landsendt Nursery
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 469/97
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
6-DEC-1997
Start date:
1997-12-06
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Tamaoho
Ngāti Whātua
Ngāti Whātua o Ōrākei
Te Ākitai Waiohua
Te Kawerau a Maki
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-36.93 174.608
Habitat:
Open place in front of shrubbery, in mown area of grass.
Notes:
Rhizomatous herb but the short rhizome not collected. Acaulous. Leaves with petiole, sheath, young lamina and midrib and veins beneath and often above on mature lamina dark shining purple; mature lamina otherwise dark greenish above and paler purplish-green beneath. Peduncle and tubular part of spathe shining deep purple except for pale greenish band at spathe constriction between tubular and opening deep yellow part. Spathe 13cm long; yellow distal part 9cm long, opening but not unfolding. Spadix 6cm long; basal female part green, 2cm long; intermediate male part pale yellow, 1cm long; distal sterile appendix yellow, 3cm long. Several plants scattered in vicinity, others in shade and sterile. Spontaneous adventive for many years. Sheets A to B.
Specimen notes
Voucher (pollen):
Pollen slide No. 10495
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