CHR 637509 – Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 637509
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
03 November 2015
Database record updated:
18 May 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2000-07-20 (Verbatim: 20 Jul 2000)
Preferred name:
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Te Rua Manga, at base of pinnacle
Verbatim locality:
Te Rua Manga, at base of pinnacle
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4981/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
20 Jul 2000
Start date:
2000-07-20
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Small patch of scrub.
Notes:
Shrub forming a rambling thicket c. 1 m high, and with spreading lax branches. Leaves dark green and ± shining above; veins indented. Flowers double and ± distorted, 9-10 cm across, deep crimson; petals 4-6 cm x 3-4 cm but ± twisted often, broad or very broad obovate, dark glossy near basal area. Column curved and malformed with partial petaloidy. An old cultigen, originally planted.
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