Sorghum halepense (Poaceae)
Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Sorghum halepense (Poaceae) from Rota Island (Northern Mariana Islands/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.
| Voucher number: | BISH588728 |
| Herbarium (or collector): | Bernice P. Bishop Museum |
| Taxon name on voucher: | Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. |
| Represents which PIER taxon: | Sorghum halepense (Poaceae) |
| Local name: | n/a |
| Info current as of: | 01 October 2003 |
| PIER comments: | n/a |
| Local name language: | n/a |
| Deteriminer: | W.D.Clayton |
| Determination date: | 1994 |
| Determination institution: | Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BISH) |
| Region: | Micronesia |
| Country: | Mariana Islands |
| Island group: | n/a |
| Island: | Rota |
| State/province: | n/a |
| Town/city: | n/a |
| Locality: | Slopes above, As Malote, south side of island |
| PIER location: | Rota Island (Northern Mariana Islands/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)/Pacific region) |
| Habitat: | Small patch seen, very rare on island. On eroded slopes of volcanic soil. |
| Elevation (lo/hi): | 250 m |
| Coordinates: | n/a |
| LAT/LON method: | n/a |
| PLDesc: | Tangled mass of culms. |
| Collector: | Fosberg, F.R. |
| Collection team: | n/a |
| CollNumber: | 31860 |
| Collection date(s): | 27.ii.1950 |
| Voucher comment: | (On Saipan called "German grass" because in troduced as horse feed by Germans; serious pest). |
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