CHR 537118 B – Medinilla Gaudich. ex D.C.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 537118 B
Specimen type:
Photograph
Database record added:
25 October 2001
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Medinilla waterhousei Seem.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1999-08-01 (Verbatim: 1-8-99)
Preferred name:
Medinilla Gaudich. ex D.C.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Melastomataceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Taveuni, Somosomo area, Crater, upper part below Des Voeux Peak
Verbatim locality:
Taveuni, Somosomo area, Crater, upper part below Des Voeux Peak
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 455/99
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
12-7-99
Start date:
1999-07-12
Country:
Fiji
Altitudes:
from 900m
Habitat:
Steep slope, low forest, on tree branches
Notes:
Small shrub, epiphytic in canopy. Stems often ± horizontal. Leaves with purple petioles; thin & shining above. Inflor. pendent shining rosy-magenta, including calyx ? 1.8-3cm long, sepals broad ovate-cordate. Sheets A to B (photograph)
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
