Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Nukuoro Atoll
(Pohnpei Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae) from Nukuoro Atoll (Pohnpei Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH595548
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Hedychium coronarium J.König
Represents which PIER taxon: Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae)
Local name: sinsia
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: n/a
Determination date: n/a
Determination institution: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: Micronesia
Country: Caroline Islands
Island group: n/a
Island: Nukuoro (Matakena) Islet
State/province: Nukuoro Atoll
Town/city: n/a
Locality: n/a
PIER location: Nukuoro Atoll (Pohnpei Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region)
Habitat: Moist flat coral sand, largely planted to coconuts, lagoon side occupied by village, center by great Cyrtosperma patches, outer side by thickets. Planted, both on dry land and in muck.
Elevation (lo/hi): 1-2 m
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Herb 0.7 m tall.
Collector: Fosberg, F.R.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 26186
Collection date(s): 6.viii.1946
Voucher comment: n/a

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