Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Viti Levu Island
(Fiji Islands/Fiji/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae) from Viti Levu Island (Fiji Islands/Fiji/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH159054
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Clidemia hirta (L.) D.Don
Represents which PIER taxon: Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae)
Local name: kaurasiga
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: A.C. Smith
Determination date: 1942
Determination institution: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: Melanesia
Country: Fiji
Island group: n/a
Island: Viti Levu
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: Naitasiri, Waindina River Basin
PIER location: Viti Levu Island (Fiji Islands/Fiji/Pacific region)
Habitat: Everywhere. A serious pest spreading over open and forest land, worse than lantana, nearly as bad as staghorn fern.
Elevation (lo/hi): 40 m
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Fr. a blue berry. Seeds carried by mynah birds.
Collector: MacDaniels, L.H.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 1063
Collection date(s): 29.iii.1927
Voucher comment: n/a

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