CHR 637970 – Russelia equisetiformis Schltdl. & Cham.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 637970
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
21 June 2016
Database record updated:
21 June 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Russelia equisetiformis
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2000-08-01 (Verbatim: 1 Aug 2000)
Preferred name:
Russelia equisetiformis Schltdl. & Cham.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Scrophulariales
Family:
Scrophulariaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Ma'uke, South of Areora Village
Verbatim locality:
Ma'uke, South of Areora Village
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5103/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
1 Aug 2000
Start date:
2000-08-01
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Roadside, open scrub forest.
Notes:
Dense "rush-like" shrub covering many square metres in thickets formed. Leaves caducous. Corolla scarlet, 2.5-2.7 cm long, cylindrical and gradually widening; lobes c. 2 mm long, ovate. Calyx teeth very short, triangular; calyx reddish-green.
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