Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Macroptilium lathyroides (Fabaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Tongatapu Island
(Tongatapu Group/Tonga/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Macroptilium lathyroides (Fabaceae) from Tongatapu Island (Tongatapu Group/Tonga/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH155386
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Phaseolus lathyroides L.
Represents which PIER taxon: Macroptilium lathyroides (Fabaceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: G.P. Buelow
Determination date: 31.vii.1981
Determination institution: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: West Polynesia
Country: Tonga
Island group: n/a
Island: Tongatapu
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: near the village of Navutoka on the northeastern side of the island.
PIER location: Tongatapu Island (Tongatapu Group/Tonga/Pacific region)
Habitat: Weed in waste area near village.
Elevation (lo/hi): (n/a)
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Plant about 1 m tall, suberect; flowers reddish purple.
Collector: Yuncker, T.G.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 15097
Collection date(s): 27.ii.1953
Voucher comment: n/a

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