CHR 658582 A – Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson & C.E.Jarvis
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 658582 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
18 February 2020
Database record updated:
04 September 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson & C.E.Jarvis
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-10-02 (Verbatim: 2 Oct 2002)
Preferred name:
Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson & C.E.Jarvis
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Rhamnales
Family:
Vitaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Avatiu, Ara Metua
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Avatiu, by Ara Metua
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5552/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
17 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-17
Country:
Cook Islands
Habitat:
On wayside trees.
Notes:
Large festooning vine with dense habit and climbing to 7-8 m. Stems with tendrils at nodes. Leaves dark glossy green above; petioles twisted at base. Flowers with 4 orange petals 2-3 mm long. Stamens opposite petals, with prominent fleshy disc at their base. Fruit 7-9 mm diameter, globose or subglobose, glossy black; flesh pale green and juicy. Seed 1, c. 7 mm long, ± ellipsoid, brown. Adventive.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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