Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Thevetia peruviana (Apocynaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Guam Island
(Guam Island/Guam/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Thevetia peruviana (Apocynaceae) from Guam Island (Guam Island/Guam/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH122568
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Cascabela thevetia (L.) Lippold
Represents which PIER taxon: Thevetia peruviana (Apocynaceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: R.S.N. Yee
Determination date: iii.1986
Determination institution: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: Micronesia
Country: Marianas Islands
Island group: n/a
Island: Guam
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: Merizo and vicinity, south end of island
PIER location: Guam Island (Guam Island/Guam/Pacific region)
Habitat: moist coastal plain, almost completely under cultivation, but weedy and with thickets and small mangrove swamps.
Elevation (lo/hi): 1-5 m
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Small dense tree; flowers bright yellow.
Collector: Fosberg, F.R.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 25397
Collection date(s): 4.vii.1946
Voucher comment: Semi-wild, ornamental

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