Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Chamaecrista nictitans (Fabaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Rota Island
(Northern Mariana Islands/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Chamaecrista nictitans (Fabaceae) from Rota Island (Northern Mariana Islands/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH652568
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Cassia leschenaultiana DC.
Represents which PIER taxon: Chamaecrista nictitans (Fabaceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: L. Anderson
Determination date: n/a
Determination institution: Smithsonian... (US)
Region: Micronesia
Country: Marianas Islands
Island group: n/a
Island: Rota
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: South of Shinapari (Airstrip)
PIER location: Rota Island (Northern Mariana Islands/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)/Pacific region)
Habitat: Local around old dwelling site, in shade. Flats with thin soil on coral substratum, covered with second-growth thickets.
Elevation (lo/hi): 180 m
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Erect herb 1 m tall, flowers yellow.
Collector: Fosberg, F.R.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 31816
Collection date(s): 25-27.ii.1950
Voucher comment: n/a

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