CHR 536960 – Pieris formosa (Wall.) D.Don
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 536960
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
19 October 2000
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Pieris formosa
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1999-04-27 (Verbatim: 27-4-99)
Preferred name:
Pieris formosa (Wall.) D.Don
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Solu Khumbu, Dudh Kosi catchment, Surkhe to Poiyan
Verbatim locality:
Solu Khumbu, Dudh Kosi catchment, Surkhe to Poiyan
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 272/99
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
27-4-99
Start date:
1999-04-27
Country:
Nepal
Altitudes:
from 2700m to 2900m
Habitat:
Near ridge, scrub.
Notes:
Shrub forming a dense bush c.2m high. Young leaves reddish to orange; mature leaves subcoriaceous, dark green above. Flowers in erect spikes. Corolla white, urceolate. Abundant.
Observed species:
Pieris formosa
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