Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Sesbania grandiflora (Fabaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Wake Island
(Wake Islands/United States (other Pacific offshore islands)/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Sesbania grandiflora (Fabaceae) from Wake Island (Wake Islands/United States (other Pacific offshore islands)/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH0000659971
Herbarium (or collector): Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Sesbania grandiflora (L.) Poir.
Represents which PIER taxon: Sesbania grandiflora (Fabaceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: D.R.Herbst
Determination date: 1994
Determination institution: Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: Micronesia
Country: U.S.A.
Island group: Hawaiian Islands
Island: Wake
State/province: Hawai`i
Town/city: n/a
Locality: Wake Island. Cultivated tree planted around the dormitories on the northwestern end of the island
PIER location: Wake Island (Wake Islands/United States (other Pacific offshore islands)/Pacific region)
Habitat: n/a
Elevation (lo/hi): ca 5 ft
Coordinates:
LAT/LON method: Reference
PLDesc: Small tree with white flowers.
Collector: Herbst, D.R.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 9680
Collection date(s): 13.vi.1994
Voucher comment: Probably originally introduced by Filipino contract workers; now being maintained and increased by the Thai contract workers.

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