CHR 655713 A – Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 655713 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 February 2019
Database record updated:
17 January 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Epiphyllum oxypetalum (L.) Haw.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-03-15 (Verbatim: 15 Mar 2002)
Preferred name:
Epiphyllum oxypetalum (DC.) Haw.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Cactaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Arorangi, by Ara Tapu
Verbatim locality:
Arorangi, by Ara Tapu
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5513/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
15 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-15
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Garden frontage, on base of tree trunk.
Notes:
Vine-like cactus with ± scrambling habit. Stem internodes flattened, dark green. Flowers nocturnal, very fragrant, white at least inside corolla 22-24 cm long; corolla tube 15-16 cm long, pale green; petals 7-8 cm long (outermost whorl) x c. 7 mm wide, pale green outside, white inside; other petals 6-7 cm long x 6-7 mm wide, white. Stamens mostly 3.5-4 cm long, white. Style pink, exserted 4-5 cm; stigma c. 1 cm long, creamy-yellow. Fairly common.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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