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Occurrence record: African Herbaria Dataset - LBV0038740

Specimen of Ophiorrhiza lawrenceana King & Prain recorded on 1994-11-23
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Dataset

Data partner UAT IPT
Data resource African Herbaria Dataset
Institution code Supplied institution code "LBV"
Catalog number LBV0038740
Occurrence ID 167688-BID-AF-2020-040-REG
Basis of record Preserved specimen
Collector , J.J. Wieringa
Supplied as "Wieringa J.J."
License CC-BY
Disposition donated from LBV
Field number 3266
Language fr | de | en
Dynamic properties {"donated from" : LBV}
Occurrence remarks Large liana, at very base trunk 21 x 9 cm, but soon becoming circular 9 cm in diameter, creeping over forest floor for 20 m before going straight up the canopy. Bark greyish orange. Young vertical shoots pentangular in cross-section caused by 5 ribs. Young leaf-bearing twigs sometimes flattened. Leaves leathery, upper side glossy, dark green, lower side glossy, medium green. Leaves with resinous threads on breaking. Wood reddish brown. Fruits seen with binoculars and collected on the ground. Pedicels seem to be fixed directly to leaf axils. Fruits irregular globose, up to 25 x 36 mm, warty, orange-red. A lot of the fruits on the ground were infected or aborted fruits. Seeds brown, surrounded by a thin layer of transparent sweet pulp. Cross-section of seed pale yellow.
Occurrence status present
Abcd identification qualifier Not provided
Identification verification status verified

Event

Parent event ID
Field number 3266
Occurrence date 1994-11-23
Date precision Day
Event remarks Salacia L.
Event ID 167688

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ophiorrhiza lawrenceana King & Prain
Supplied scientific name "Salacia L."
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Original name usage Salacia L.
Taxon rank species
Kingdom Plantae
Phylum Tracheophyta
Class Magnoliopsida
Order Gentianales
Family Rubiaceae
Supplied as "Celastraceae"
Genus Ophiorrhiza
Supplied as "Salacia"
Species Ophiorrhiza lawrenceana
Taxonomic issue No issues
Name match metric Taxon GUID match
The match was based on the supplied taxon concept ID rather than the scientific name.

Geospatial

Country Gabon
Locality Rabi, next to old Shell-camp.
Habitat Disturbed primary forest.
Latitude -1.945
Longitude 9.885
Geodetic datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Rabi-Kounga
Minimum elevation in meters 50
Maximum elevation in meters 50
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality Gabon
Country code GA

Additional properties

Organism remarks Large liana, at very base trunk 21 x 9 cm, but soon becoming circular 9 cm in diameter, creeping over forest floor for 20 m before going straight up the canopy. Bark greyish orange. Young vertical shoots pentangular in cross-section caused by 5 ribs. Young leaf-bearing twigs sometimes flattened. Leaves leathery, upper side glossy, dark green, lower side glossy, medium green. Leaves with resinous threads on breaking. Wood reddish brown. Fruits seen with binoculars and collected on the ground. Pedicels seem to be fixed directly to leaf axils. Fruits irregular globose, up to 25 x 36 mm, warty, orange-red. A lot of the fruits on the ground were infected or aborted fruits. Seeds brown, surrounded by a thin layer of transparent sweet pulp. Cross-section of seed pale yellow.

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