CHR 655594 – Pachystachys lutea Nees
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 655594
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 January 2019
Database record updated:
18 January 2019
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Pachystachys lutea Nees
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-03-13 (Verbatim: 13 Mar 2002)
Preferred name:
Pachystachys lutea Nees
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Scrophulariales
Family:
Acanthaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
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 5485/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
13 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-13
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Shrub c. 1 m high. Leaves thin, shining above and with indented veins. Inflorescence erect, 7-12 cm long, cone-like; bracts broad cordate-ovate, yellow, imbricate; lowest bracts to 2.5 x 2 cm, reducing up the spike. Corolla 5-5.5 cm long, to apex of upper lip, white, curved and long exserted; upper lip c. 2 cm long, ± elliptic but remaining folded and enclosing filaments; lower lip 1.5-1.6 x c. 1.3 cm. horizontal to declined, very broad elliptic, 3-toothed. Anthers green. Style c. 5 cm long, thread-like.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
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