Occurrence record: Herbarium:K000339871
Specimen
of
Marantochloa purpurea
recorded on 2004-03-23
Dataset
| Data resource | Marantaceae |
| Institution code |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Supplied institution code "K" |
| Collection code |
Herbarium
Supplied collection code "Herbarium" |
| Catalogue number | K000339871 |
| Occurrence ID | http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000339871 |
| Basis of record | Preserved specimen |
| Collector | Darbyshire, I. |
| Collector number | 211 |
| License | other |
| Occurrence remarks | Sheet 1/4; Additional collector(s): Peiris, Kirk, Ronsted, Etuge, Njume, Brinklow |
| Occurrence status | present |
| Abcd identification qualifier | Not provided |
Event
| Occurrence date |
2004-03-23
Supplied date "2004-03-23 00:00:00.0000000" |
| Date precision | Day |
| Event remarks | Herb to 1.5m. Leaves white-green below, shiny green above. Inflorescence peduncles and bracts pink. Flowers purple with yellow ? Stamens. Tepals reflexed. Fruits red with pale brown-white hairs. |
Taxonomy
| Higher classification | Marantaceae |
| Scientific name | Marantochloa purpurea |
| Taxon rank | species |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Family | Marantaceae |
| Genus | Marantochloa |
| Species | Marantochloa purpurea |
| Taxonomic issue | No issues |
| Name match metric |
Exact match
The supplied name matched the name exactly. |
| Name parse type | SCIENTIFIC |
| Scientific name authorship | (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. |
Geospatial
| Higher geography | Mefou Proposed National Park |
| Country | Cameroon |
| Locality | Near M'fou River SW of Ndanan 2. |
| Habitat | Understorey of secondary forest on edge of Raphia swamp. |
| Latitude | 3.61472193 |
| Longitude | 11.57222218 |
| Geodetic datum | EPSG:4326 |
| Minimum elevation in meters | 650.0 |
| Coordinate precision | Unknown |
| Municipality | Mefou Proposed National Park |
| Country code | CM |
