CHR 655592 A – Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 655592 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 January 2019
Database record updated:
18 September 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-03-13 (Verbatim: 13 Mar 2002)
Preferred name:
Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Agavaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Avarua, near Ara Metua, near Theological College
Verbatim locality:
Avarua, near Ara Metua, near Theological College
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5483/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
13 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-13
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
On basalt cliff, in scrub.
Notes:
Large rosette-forming monocarpic? herb. Leaves to > 1 m long and well-developed ones c. 13 cm wide in middle, deep green, rather pungent - tipped but lacking marginal teeth. Inflorescence a giant panicle 5-6 m high with well-spaced downward curving branches to > 1 m long. Flowers from ground (just after storm) and any scent not obvious. Perianth c. 5 cm long; tube c. 2 cm long, narrow, pale green, ribbed longitudinally; segments elliptic, pale creamy-yellow (originally whitish), margins ± revolute. Stamen anthers c. 1 cm long, acuminate.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
