Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Tecoma stans (Bignoniaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Tahiti Island
(Society Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Tecoma stans (Bignoniaceae) from Tahiti Island (Society Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH0000133853
Herbarium (or collector): Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Stenolobium stans
Represents which PIER taxon: Tecoma stans (Bignoniaceae)
Local name: n/a
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: Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: East Polynesia
Country: Society Islands
Island group: n/a
Island: Tahiti
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: Fautaua canyon waterhouse
PIER location: Tahiti Island (Society Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific region)
Habitat: Dry soil semi-moist climate gravely.
Elevation (lo/hi): 60 m
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Tree. Height 1.0-1.6'. Diameter, breast height.30 cm. Flower faintly sweet, yellow, with maroon lines lengthwise in corolla. Fruit pods, seeds winged. Bark thin, scaly; Wood light, soft, brittle and white.
Collector: Quayle, E.H.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 18
Collection date(s): 15.ix.1921
Voucher comment: Very abundant far up hillsides.

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