CHR 603179 B – Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 603179 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
10 November 2008
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2003-02-21 (Verbatim: 21 Feb 2003)
Preferred name:
Tradescantia cerinthoides Kunth
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Commelinales
Family:
Commelinaceae
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:
Packe Street, St Albans - Edgeware, Christchurch
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.51677 172.645022
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, St Albans, 115 Packe Str.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 16/03
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
21 Feb 2003
Start date:
2003-02-21
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Cultivated beneath deciduous tree.
Notes:
Semi-succulent perennial herb; stems purple, rooting at lower nodes. Leaves somewhat shining, deep green above, dark purple below. Infor. dark purple and white pilose as lower leaf surface, including the strongly convex (naviculate) sepals c. 5 mm long. Petals 7-8-5-6 mm, broad ovate, white with pink distally. Stamens < petals; white multicellular hair tuft = stamens. Style white, > stamens but < petals. Never sets seed, damaged by frost in winter.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
