CHR 637517 A – Alpinia purpurata
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 637517 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
03 November 2015
Database record updated:
05 August 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Alpinia purpurata
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2000-07-21 (Verbatim: 21 Jul 2000)
Preferred name:
Alpinia purpurata
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Zingiberales
Family:
Zingiberaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
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 4989/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
21 Jul 2000
Start date:
2000-07-21
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Roadside hedge, cultivated.
Notes:
Large rhizomatous herb forming clump, with inflorescence stems c. 1.5 m high. Leaves ± distichous, dark and shining above and with raised veins. Inflorescence erect or suberect, to c. 40 cm long, usually much shorter; distal part eventually curving over. Bracts pink, those of proximal half prominently imbricate, c. 5 x 3-3.5 cm, broadly obovate, those of distal half 2.5-2.7 x 1-2 cm, strongly involute, broadly obovate. Corolla not present, presumably white. This cultivar and its dark crimson-rose counterpart are very common.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Sheets A to C
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