CHR 517992 – Begonia boliviensis A.DC.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 517992
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
11 December 1998
Database record updated:
18 July 2017
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Begonia boliviensis DC.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1998-01-14 (Verbatim: 14-JAN-1998)
Preferred name:
Begonia boliviensis A.DC.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Begoniaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre
Verbatim locality:
Lincoln, Science Research Centre
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 48/98
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
14-JAN-1998
Start date:
1998-01-14
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Notes:
Ex I. McNeur, Wanganui. Erect, fleshy-stemmed herb. Stems purple. Leaves uniformly green. Flowers pendent. Petioles and peduncles red. Bracts pink. Perianth segments five (female flowers) or four (male flowers), 4.5-5 x 0.6-1.2cm, linear, deep orange, well separated and divergent. Ovary wings unequal, red. `Firecracker'. Cultivated in glasshouse.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
South America
Verbatim locality:
South America
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
