CHR 596720 B – Begonia coccinea Hook.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 596720 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
22 August 2008
Database record updated:
22 August 2008
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Begonia coccinea Hook.
Determiner:
W. R. Sykes
Identification date:
2001-03-30 (Verbatim: 30 Mar 2001)
Preferred name:
Begonia coccinea Hook.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Begoniaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
[Unknown]
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Other collection events
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 61/01
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
29 Mar 2001
Start date:
2001-03-29
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Cultivated in glasshouse.
Notes:
Succulent-stemmed herb 50-60 cm high; stems few and suberect. Leaves ± distichous, dark, ± shining green above, mainly uniformly coloured but a few with greenish-white spots, paler uniformly green beneath. Inflor. scarely > leaves, shining pink or rose. Male flowers with sepals to 1.5 x 1.4 cm, suborbicular, pink, cordate. Petals c. 4 mm long, narrow, translucent white. Female flowers very small and undeveloped at this stage.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
