CHR 588571 D – Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 588571 D
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
04 September 2020
Database record updated:
04 September 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-03-17 (Verbatim: 17 Mar 2002)
Preferred name:
Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Turoa, Mainama Flats
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Turoa, Mainama Flats
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5549/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
17 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-17
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Large shrub 2.5-3 m high; spreading open habitat with several main stems down to near base. Collected because of the two colours of flowers from a single root stock. Owner stated that the yellow may have been first. Either a grafted plant or a reversion to the basic red form. Inflorescence ± erect; flowers fairly spaced on long thin pedicels to 5 cm, either yellow or scarlet to yellow but the dimensions the same. Sepals 1-1.3 cm long, unequal, elliptic to oblong, yellow or orange red. 4 petals 2-2.1 x 1.7-1.9 cm; claw narrow, limb very broad and frilled and undulate, yellow or scarlet shading to yellow at margins; 1 petal c. 1.7 x 1 cm, yellow or scarlet. Stamens 4-7 cm long in same flower, yellow or scarlet. Style short.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to D
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