CHR 659672 A – Citrus macroptera
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 659672 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 April 2020
Database record updated:
09 July 2021
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Citrus macroptera Montr.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2006-12-08 (Verbatim: 8 Dec 2006)
Preferred name:
Citrus macroptera
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Rutaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Alofi District, Alofi Central
Verbatim locality:
Alofi District, Alofi, beginning of Paliasi Road
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 1576/N
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
1 Oct 2006
Start date:
2006-10-01
Country:
Niue
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Small tree with smooth mottled trunk c. 5 m high. Shoots with short spines. Leaves glossy bright green above; petiole articulated and with obtriangular wing c. 2.5 cm across at apex, aromatic but not lemon-scented when bruised. Fruit c. 7 cm diameter, globular, skin finely rugulose, dull yellow. Flesh ± dull yellow, very acid to taste.
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 B (fruit)
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
