CHR 529710 – Parkinsonia aculeata L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 529710
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 May 1999
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Parkinsonia aculeata
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1997-07-16 (Verbatim: 16-JUL-1997)
Preferred name:
Parkinsonia aculeata L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
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:
Athens, Athens City, below Acropolis
Verbatim locality:
Athens, Athens City, below Acropolis
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 261/97
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
16-JUL-1997
Start date:
1997-07-16
Country:
Greece
Notes:
Small spreading tree about 3m high. Trunk stout. Shoots spiny. Leaves rather light green. Flowers with four petals about 1.5cm long, yellow (rather pale); fifth petal very undulate and curled, orange-red (only flower still left). Young pods shining subterete, keeled. Cultivated but wild also around Acropolis. Sheets A and B.
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