CHR 655586 – Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 655586
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 January 2019
Database record updated:
18 January 2019
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Dioscorea bulbifera?
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-03-12 (Verbatim: 12 Mar 2002)
Preferred name:
Dioscorea bulbifera L.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Dioscoreaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Tereora Ridge
Verbatim locality:
Tereora Ridge, summit
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5477A/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes; CI
Verbatim date:
12 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-12
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Altitudes:
from 150m
Habitat:
Open basalt outcrop on narrow ridge crest.
Notes:
Twining plant on low scrub. Leaves thin, glossy green above, petioles dark purple proximally and distally. Only 1 or 2 plants seen. Sterile. Species rarely flowers.
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