Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Lantana camara (Verbenaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Tongatapu Island
(Tongatapu Group/Tonga/Pacific region)


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


Voucher number: BISH0000187386
Herbarium (or collector): Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Lantana camara var. aculeata
Represents which PIER taxon: Lantana camara (Verbenaceae)
Local name: talatala
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: A.C. Smith & S.P. Darwin
Determination date: 1990
Determination institution: Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: West Polynesia
Country: Tonga
Island group: n/a
Island: Tongatapu
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: About 2 km west of Nuku'alofa
PIER location: Tongatapu Island (Tongatapu Group/Tonga/Pacific region)
Habitat: In thicket near the shore.
Elevation (lo/hi): (n/a)
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Shrub, up to 3 m or more tall; flowers cream to pink or lavender.
Collector: Yuncker, T.G.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 15002
Collection date(s): 25.ii.1953
Voucher comment: A bad weed in many parts of the island.

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