Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Cardiospermum halicacabum (Sapindaceae)
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 Cardiospermum halicacabum (Sapindaceae) from Rota Island (Northern Mariana Islands/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH660617
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Cardiospermum halicacabum L.
Represents which PIER taxon: Cardiospermum halicacabum (Sapindaceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: F.R.Fosberg
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: Just behind West Dock
PIER location: Rota Island (Northern Mariana Islands/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)/Pacific region)
Habitat: Frequent on waste ground, previously cultivated, in raked coral sand.
Elevation (lo/hi): 5-10 m
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Herb with some erect, some creeping stems. Leaves bluish-green. Branches purple-tinged. Flowes white. Fruits with an inflated ovary. Inflorescences producing tendrils.
Collector: Evans, M.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 1960
Collection date(s): 16.v.1966
Voucher comment: n/a

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