CHR 649384 – Mussaenda philippica A.Rich.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 649384
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
07 May 2018
Database record updated:
25 September 2018
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Mussaenda philippica A.Rich.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-10-22 (Verbatim: 22 Oct 2002)
Preferred name:
Mussaenda philippica A.Rich.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Rubiales
Family:
Rubiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Tupapa, by Ara Tapu
Verbatim locality:
Tupapa, by Ara Tapu, Motel Garden
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5338/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
3 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-03
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Abundance:
Common
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Abundance:
Common
Notes:
Shrub c. 1 m high. Leaves shining above and with impressed veins. Calyx lobes white, usually revolute towards margins, of diverse shape and size, often asymmetric, to c. 10 x 9 cm, including a 1 cm long claw, the larger lobe suborbicular. Corolla tube 2-2.5 cm long, very slender, pale green; limb c. 2.5 cm across the aristate lobes, deep yellow; lobes 1.2-1.3 cm long, including arista 2-3 mm long, otherwise broad ovate; midrib acute and raised; throat closed by a dense tuft of yellow hairs.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown - New Zealand
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
