Wood and bark HOLOTYPE - Specimen details

Wood and bark HOLOTYPE - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 79114

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Plant Name 57.02 LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE Caesalpinia hughesii Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Wood and bark HOLOTYPE Vernacular Name
Iso Country Mexico TDWG Region Mexico
Parts Held Wood and bark HOLOTYPE Geography Description Oaxaca, Mexico
Uses Wood and bark HOLOTYPEUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Donor No Lewis GP
Donor Date Donor Notes
Collector Lewis GP, Hughes CE, Contrera Jimenéz JL. Collector No 1795
Collection Notes Collection Date 25/03/1989
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: SEE HERBARIUM MATERIALx0Dx0Ax0Dx0ACollecting notes: Mexico: Oaxaca, 5km W of Rio Grande on highway to Pinotepa Nacional. x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ARoadside scrub by coconut plantation.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ASpecies aff. C. exostemma (flowe morphology and foliage) aff. C. yacatanensis (flower colour, siz, e and inflorescence structure) aff. both (wood and lenticels).x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AMultiple-trunked tree to 6m, main trunk 30cm diam., DBH of main branches 10-15cm. Bark greyish green with numerous white pustular lenticels. Slash deep pea-green (with garden pea odour). Wo, od creamish. Calyx yellow tinged green at base. Petals yellow, 'standard' with central scarlet-orange blotch. Flowers laterally compressed (as in C. exostemma). Filaments geen, anthers yellow. Young fruit green, eglandualr. Matue fruit fawn-straw-coloured, . Seeds flat, yellow.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0ASmall red-beaked humming bird visiting flowers at 4pm in bright sunshine, splitting 'standard' down centre with beak to obtain nectar.x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AWOOD AND SEED SAMPLEx0Dx0AFLOWERS IN FAAx0Dx0ABUDS IN GLACIAL ACETIC ACIDx0Dx0AThre lumps of resin colle, cted from damaged bark.x0Dx0ADUPLICATES: FCME, MEXU (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)

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