CHR 592632 B – Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 592632 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
20 March 2008
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Elettaria cardomomum
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.530379 172.620934
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, Botanic Gardens
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 53/02
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
11 Apr 2002
Start date:
2002-04-11
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.530379 172.620934
Habitat:
Cultivated in glasshouse
Notes:
Herb with rhizomes (not collected). Pseudostems to c. 80-90 cm high. Inflorescence terminal on pseudostem. Flowers distant on rachis fragrant. Outer bract remaining tightly folded around lower part of perianth tube; inner bract tightly folded around lower part of perianth tube < to > outer bract, pale translucent yellow. Perianth tube c. 8 cm long, very slender, similar colour. Perianth segments 1.8 - 2 cm long, narrow linear, pale greenish. Staminodes (2) c. 2 cm long, elliptic, white becoming yellow, somewhat concave. Stamen/style column c. 10 mm long, including anther c. 6 mm long, orange. Fruit trigonous, a cardamom.
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 B, C (Spirit: 1-04350)
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