CHR 637511 B – Fitchia speciosa
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 637511 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 July 2016
Database record updated:
01 July 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Fitchia speciosa
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2000-07-20 (Verbatim: 20 Jul 2000)
Preferred name:
Fitchia speciosa
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Avatiu Valley
Verbatim locality:
Avatiu Valley
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4983/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
20 Jul 2000
Start date:
2000-07-20
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Upper valley forest, on small ridge.
Notes:
Tree 5-6 m high with slender prop roots near base of trunk. Leaves on vigorous vegetative shoots beneath canopy larger and much darker green than those on adult shoots. Inflorescence pendulous. Capitulum 4-6 cm long to apex of inner bracts, 5-6 cm across. Florets bright orange. Corolla 3.5-4 cm long; segments very narrow linear. Style c. 6 cm long, coloured as perianth. Stamens with anthers 1.3-1.6 cm long, cohering around style. Abundant and often dominant. Old capitulum from another tree.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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