Heliconia spp. (Heliconiaceae)
Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Heliconia spp. (Heliconiaceae) from Rarotonga Island (Southern Cook Islands/Cook Islands/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.
| Voucher number: | BISH0000665686 |
| Herbarium (or collector): | Bishop Museum |
| Taxon name on voucher: | Heliconia bicolor Benth. |
| Represents which PIER taxon: | Heliconia spp. (Heliconiaceae) |
| Local name: | n/a |
| Info current as of: | 01 October 2003 |
| PIER comments: | n/a |
| Local name language: | n/a |
| Deteriminer: | W.R.Sykes |
| Determination date: | 21.xi.1991 |
| Determination institution: | Bishop Museum (BISH) |
| Region: | East Polynesia |
| Country: | Cook Islands |
| Island group: | n/a |
| Island: | Rarotonga |
| State/province: | n/a |
| Town/city: | n/a |
| Locality: | Ruatonga, Tony Utanga's garden |
| PIER location: | Rarotonga Island (Southern Cook Islands/Cook Islands/Pacific region) |
| Habitat: | Cultivated on top of bank beneath shrub. |
| Elevation (lo/hi): | (n/a) |
| Coordinates: | n/a |
| LAT/LON method: | n/a |
| PLDesc: | Herb with thick rhizomes (not collected). Leaves with long red or red-spotted sheaths; lamina glossy beneath. Inflorescences erect, c. 1m high. Lowest bracts 10-12 cm long, orange beneath, +/- crimson above and concave; upper bracts orange. Perianth c. 4 |
| Collector: | Sykes, W.R. |
| Collection team: | n/a |
| CollNumber: | 474490 |
| Collection date(s): | 13.vii.1991 |
| Voucher comment: | n/a |
| "n/a" (above) means "not applicable" or "not available," as appropriate. The template for this page was created on 26 September 2006 by PT; the page contents were last regenerated on 26 September 2006 by PT. |
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