Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Yap (Waqab) Island
(Yap Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae) from Yap (Waqab) Island (Yap Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH127326
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Hedychium coronarium J.König
Represents which PIER taxon: Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae)
Local name: sifif nisepan
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: n/a
Determination date: n/a
Determination institution: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: Micronesia
Country: Caroline Islands
Island group: n/a
Island: Yap
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: n/a
PIER location: Yap (Waqab) Island (Yap Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region)
Habitat: Damp clay soil
Elevation (lo/hi): 35 ft
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Plant 2-3 ft high, fl. white according to informant
Collector: Wong, C.C.Y.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 518
Collection date(s): 24.ii.1948
Voucher comment: introduced.

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