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Occurrence record: Herbarium:K000339849

Specimen of Marantochloa purpurea recorded on 2004-03-08

Dataset

Data resource Marantaceae
Institution code Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Supplied institution code "K"
Collection code Herbarium
Supplied collection code "Herbarium"
Catalogue number K000339849
Occurrence ID http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K000339849
Basis of record Preserved specimen
Collector Cheek, M.
Collector number 11511
License other
Occurrence remarks Sheet 1/7; Additional collector(s): Gallagher, Bury, Holding, Cabral, Njume, Fay.
Occurrence status present
Abcd identification qualifier Not provided

Event

Occurrence date 2004-03-08
Supplied date "2004-03-08 00:00:00.0000000"
Date precision Day
Event remarks Herb 0.6 - 1m, long leaves glaucous white, in large patches, immediately post-flowering; pedicels and bracts pink and white. Flowers purple, leaf with brown apex below.

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 Mefou proposed national park. Near Mefou town.
Habitat Roadside weed
Latitude 3.62472212
Longitude 11.5822219
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Minimum elevation in meters 710.0
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol GPS
Municipality Mefou Proposed National Park
Country code CM

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