Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Verbenaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Tutuila Island
(Tutuila Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region)


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


Voucher number: BISH187729
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Stachytarpheta urticifolia (Salisb.) Sims
Represents which PIER taxon: Stachytarpheta cayennensis (Verbenaceae)
Local name: la'au tai 'oti
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: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: West Polynesia
Country: Samoa
Island group: n/a
Island: Tutuila
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: n/a
PIER location: Tutuila Island (Tutuila Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region)
Habitat: Along roads, paths, plantations and habitations.
Elevation (lo/hi): (n/a)
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Herb. To 24" high. Flowers a deep blue.
Collector: Wisner, A.W.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 9
Collection date(s): 1.vi.1958
Voucher comment: Literally: (Goat manure). The implication being that it is good only for goat feed and questionable feed at that.

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