Occurrence record: BRI AQ0682089

Preserved specimen of Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton | Narrow-leaved Cotton Bush recorded on 1999-10-14
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Data partner Australia's Virtual Herbarium
Data resource BRI AVH Data and Images
Institution code Queensland Department of Environment and Science
Supplied institution code "BRI"
Collection Queensland Herbarium
Supplied collection code "Herbrecs"
Catalog number BRI AQ0682089
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:BRI:Herbrecs:0682089
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Sheet
Collector Waterhouse, B.M.
Record number BMW5499
Reproductive condition Flowers, fruit and buds
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks Erect herb to ca. 1m tall. Stems fleshy, crimson. Copious milky latex oozes from cut stems. Flowers cream coloured. Fruit an inflated capsule; tapering to a curved beak. Seeds with tufts of silky hairs.
Date identified 2000-06-01

Event

Occurrence date 1999-10-14
End day of year 287
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 287

Taxonomy

Higher classification Plantae | Viridaeplantae | Streptophyta | Equisetopsida | Magnoliidae | Asteranae | Gentianales | Apocynaceae | Gomphocarpus
Scientific name Gomphocarpus fruticosus
Identified to rank species
Common name Narrow-leaved Cotton Bush
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Charophyta
Supplied as "Streptophyta"
Class Equisetopsida
Order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
Genus Gomphocarpus
Species Gomphocarpus fruticosus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (L.) W.T.Aiton
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Norfolk Island
Locality Neil Taverner's property, Prince Phillip Drive, Norfolk Island.
Habitat
Supplied as "Occasional weed of disturbed sites and cultivation. Residents reported to encourage plants because they attract the Wanderer butterfly. Free draining red soil developed over basalt."
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

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