CHR 604766 – Azolla pinnata R.Br.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 604766
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
02 July 2010
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Azolla cf. pinnata
Determiner:
Allan J. Fife
Identification date:
2009-11 (Verbatim: Nov. 2009)
Preferred name:
Azolla pinnata R.Br.
Division:
Pteridophyta
Class:
Filicopsida
Family:
Salviniaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
But this fern does not grow on trees - Bowden must have confused this with another plant (bryophyte?) growing epiphytically.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
21.236 S 159.776 E (WGS84 -21.236 159.776)
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga
Verbatim collector:
W. B. Bowden
Standardised collector:
W. B. Bowden
Verbatim date:
1990's
Start date:
1990
Land District:
Rarotonga
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Grows prolifically on flooded sediment surface, above water level (i.e. on water)
Notes:
Commonly on trees in bush. Used by taro farmers to exclude weeds in taro patches.
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
