CHR 637516 B – Homalium acuminatum
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 637516 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
08 July 2016
Database record updated:
08 July 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Homalium acuminatum
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2000-07-21 (Verbatim: 21 Jul 2000)
Preferred name:
Homalium acuminatum
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Flacourtiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Ara Metua, between Tupapa and Matavera, Arai Te Tonga
Verbatim locality:
Ara Metua, between Tupapa and Matavera, Arai Te Tonga
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 4988/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
21 Jul 2000
Start date:
2000-07-21
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Roadside forest remnant; beneath large trees.
Notes:
Tree 8-9 m high. Leaves dark glossy green above; petioles purple. Flowers ramiflorus, very few flowering spikes at present. Flowers with perianth 7-8 mm long, often ± pendent and appearing like tiny shuttlecocks; lobes narrow oblong, white, strongly ciliate. Only flowers seen on this common inland tree. Known to flower freely after cyclones.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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