CHR 641024 A – Erythrina variegata L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 641024 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
12 August 2016
Database record updated:
03 February 2017
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Erythrina variegata L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2000-08-02 (Verbatim: 2 Aug 2000)
Preferred name:
Erythrina variegata L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Ma'uke, near Oiretumu Village
Verbatim locality:
Ma'uke, near Oiretumu Village
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5125/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2 Aug 2000
Start date:
2000-08-02
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
Beside old taro swamp, moist volcanic soil.
Notes:
Small tree, deciduous, with open habit and almost horizontal branches. Flowers ± secund in the spike, erect in bud, and pointing back at anthesis. Corolla deep orange; standard erect, c. 6.7 x 3.3 cm. broad elliptic but remaining folded; wings 1.7-2.5 cm long; keel = wings, dark shining red. Stamens and style curving, shining red; style c. 3.2 cm, free part of filaments, except free uppermost stamens 2-3 cm long. Old pods rather irregularly shaped. Seeds dull red.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
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