Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Cenchrus echinatus (Poaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Nuku Hiva (Nukahiva) Island
(Marquesas Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Cenchrus echinatus (Poaceae) from Nuku Hiva (Nukahiva) Island (Marquesas Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH92748
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Cenchrus echinatus var. pennisetoides F.Br.
Represents which PIER taxon: Cenchrus echinatus (Poaceae)
Local name: puu ta`a ta`a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: W.D.Clayton
Determination date: 1997
Determination institution: Kew (K)
Region: East Polynesia
Country: French Polynesia
Island group: Marquesas Islands
Island: Nuku Hiva
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: Hakaui
PIER location: Nuku Hiva (Nukahiva) Island (Marquesas Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific region)
Habitat: Occasional in open dry places or rocky slopes
Elevation (lo/hi): 200 m
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Bush, 30 +/- cm. height
Collector: F.B.H.Brown
Collection team: E.D.W.Brown
CollNumber: 657
Collection date(s): 15.vii.1921
Voucher comment: n/a

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