CHR 518349 – Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 518349
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
17 December 1998
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1998-05-04 (Verbatim: 4-MAY-1998)
Preferred name:
Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Arales
Family:
Araceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
near Hamilton, Pukeroro, Cave's Nursery
Verbatim locality:
near Hamilton, Pukeroro, Cave's Nursery
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 101/98
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
29-MAR-1998
Start date:
1998-03-29
Land District:
South Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Rhizomatous herb; stems remaining below ground. Petioles to greater than 1m high, shining black; lamina shining green above; veins darker green above, black below. Inflorescence less than leaves; stem blackish or rosy. Spathe 21-22cm long; lower closed part purple, more or less angled, about 5.5cm long, blackish-purple outside except near apex when light yellow; expanded part yellow tapering to acuminate apex. Spadix 8.5-9cm long; sterile appendix about 5.5cm long, light yellow. Male portion about 3.5cm long; sterile narrow waist about 2cm long, both pale yellow; female wider portion about 3.5cm long, more or less green.Cultivated on top of stone wall near base of tree. Sheets A - C.
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