CHR 649387 B – Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 649387 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
27 September 2018
Database record updated:
27 September 2018
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-08-21 (Verbatim: 21 Aug 2002)
Preferred name:
Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Caesalpiniaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Yellow form.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Tupapa, by Ara Tapu
Verbatim locality:
Tupapa, by Ara Tapu, Church grounds
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5341/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
3 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-03
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Tree c. 10 m high, widespreading with branches tending horizontal. foliage deep grass-green. Flowers erect, few in raceme. Sepals to 3.5 cm long, linear or linear-lanceolate, greenish outside, reflexing; margins involute. Petals ± erect, 5.5-7 cm long, deep golden-yellow turning orange-yellow except for "dorsal" one white at anthesis; claws 2.5-3 cm long, slender except "dorsal" one with stouter claw c. 2 cm long; limbs 3-4 x 3.5-5 cm, almost square with truncate base except "dorsal" white petal with tapered base; all limbs crimped and undulate. Filaments < petals, pale green. Style = shorter stamen set. Pods deep shining green, rather twisted; margins thickish. Longest pod c. 40 x 4 cm (? nearly mature).
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown - New Zealand
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B, C (Fruit)
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