CHR 659577 – Hibiscus diversifolius Jacq.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 659577
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
02 April 2020
Database record updated:
02 April 2020
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Hibiscus diversifolius Jacq.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2006-09-25 (Verbatim: 25 Sep 2006)
Preferred name:
Hibiscus diversifolius Jacq.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Malvales
Family:
Malvaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Vaiea District, Vaiea area
Verbatim locality:
Vaiea District, Vaiea area
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 1482/N
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
25 Sep 2006
Start date:
2006-09-25
Country:
Niue
Habitat:
Low scrub of small shrubs and subshrubs, especially Stachytarpheta.
Notes:
Shrubs to c. 1 m high, erect. Stems tough and prickly. Leaves hispidulous below. Flowers rather light yellow with lower part of corolla dark red. Petals c. 5 cm long, fragile and crimped, very broad and imbricate, soon shrivelling. Column and stigmas dark red. Anthers orange. Fruits very hard. A fairly large number of plants.
Observed species:
Stachytarpheta
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