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


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


Voucher number: BISH0000595567
Herbarium (or collector): Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Hedychium coronarium J.König
Represents which PIER taxon: Hedychium coronarium (Zingiberaceae)
Local name: chawiwi; chabubu
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: Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: Micronesia
Country: Caroline Islands
Island group: n/a
Island: Lamotrek Islet
State/province: Lamotrek Atoll
Town/city: n/a
Locality: n/a
PIER location: Lamotrek Atoll (Yap Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region)
Habitat: Locally common in extensive peaty or mucky taro swamp.
Elevation (lo/hi): (n/a)
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Herb to 1 m tall; flowers white, very fragrant.
Collector: Fosberg, F.R.
Collection team: M. Evans
CollNumber: 46811
Collection date(s): 1.viii.1965
Voucher comment: n/a

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