Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Pennisetum polystachion (Poaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Guam Island
(Guam Island/Guam/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Pennisetum polystachion (Poaceae) from Guam Island (Guam Island/Guam/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH595689
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Pennisetum polystachion f. viviparum Fosberg & Sachet
Represents which PIER taxon: Pennisetum polystachion (Poaceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: F.R.Fosberg & W.D.Clayton
Determination date: 1982/1997
Determination institution: Smithsonian... (US)
Region: Micronesia
Country: Guam
Island group: Mariana Islands
Island: Guam
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: Just S.W. of N.A.S.A. Station, Dan Dan
PIER location: Guam Island (Guam Island/Guam/Pacific region)
Habitat: Locally abundant in disturbed places, in disturbed Miscanthus savanna with patches of Gleichenia and eroded much weathered volcanic breccia
Elevation (lo/hi): 80 m
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Culms 1 m tall, flowers variously changed to bulbils
Collector: Fosberg, F.R.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 59748
Collection date(s): 06.vi.1980
Voucher comment: n/a

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