Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Hemigraphis alternata (Acanthaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Tutuila Island
(Tutuila Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region)


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


Voucher number: BISH0000127557
Herbarium (or collector): Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Hemigraphis alternata (Burm.f.) T.Anderson
Represents which PIER taxon: Hemigraphis alternata (Acanthaceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: A.Whistler
Determination date: xi.1974
Determination institution: University of Hawaii (HAW)
Region: West Polynesia
Country: Samoa
Island group: n/a
Island: Tutuila
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: Fagatoga, hillside
PIER location: Tutuila Island (Tutuila Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region)
Habitat: Common in bay area, especially behind police station
Elevation (lo/hi): 10 m
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Creeping herb; lvs. dark purple-green on top, purple beneath; fls. small, white, open early a.m. and fade before noon.
Collector: Wisner, A.W.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 17a
Collection date(s): 7.i.1959
Voucher comment: n/a

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