Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Heliconia spp. (Heliconiaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Tutuila Island
(Tutuila Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Heliconia spp. (Heliconiaceae) from Tutuila Island (Tutuila Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH113553
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Heliconia laufao W.J.Kress
Represents which PIER taxon: Heliconia spp. (Heliconiaceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: A.C. Smith
Determination date: 1977
Determination institution: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: West Polynesia
Country: Samoa
Island group: n/a
Island: Tutuila
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: n/a
PIER location: Tutuila Island (Tutuila Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region)
Habitat: In rich shady forest.
Elevation (lo/hi): 200 m
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Plants up to 1.5 m tall; bracts greenish to yellow.
Collector: Yuncker, T.G.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 9443
Collection date(s): 7.xi.1939
Voucher comment: n/a

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