CHR 640224 – Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 640224
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 January 2016
Database record updated:
18 January 2016
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) Roem. & Schult.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2005-09-28 (Verbatim: 28 Sep 2005)
Preferred name:
Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Amaranthaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Mitiaro, meadow in Atai Foodland
Verbatim locality:
Mitiaro, meadow in Atai Foodland
Verbatim collector:
C.M. Luttrell 241B
Standardised collector:
C. M. Luttrell
Collectors reference no.:
241B
Verbatim date:
26 Jul 1991
Start date:
1991-07-26
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 3m
Habitat:
Meadow grazed by goats. Growing around a Ludwigia bush.
Notes:
Small plant with opposite green leaves. Flowers white dry clusters arising from leaf axils. Leaves with red spots [pustules]. Stem round with one fat edge. Only seen at this site. Common name: Sessile Joy weed.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Expedition: Oxford University Expedition to the Cook Islands 1991. (Botanical Survey Mitiaro, 23rd June - 15th August 1991).
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