Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Desmodium nicaraguense (Fabaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Tutuila Island
(Tutuila Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Desmodium nicaraguense (Fabaceae) from Tutuila Island (Tutuila Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH662829
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Desmodium nicaraguense Oerst.
Represents which PIER taxon: Desmodium nicaraguense (Fabaceae)
Local name: n/a
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: Smithsonian... (US)
Region: West Polynesia
Country: American Samoa
Island group: n/a
Island: Tutuila
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: American Samoa Community College. Land Grant Experimental plots.
PIER location: Tutuila Island (Tutuila Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region)
Habitat: n/a
Elevation (lo/hi): (n/a)
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Shrubs of up to 8 ft.; leaves dark dull green above, dull paler grey-green below with whitish raised veins; flowers pink fading blue.
Collector: Flynn, T.
Collection team: J. Space
CollNumber: n/a
Collection date(s): 23.vii.1999
Voucher comment: n/a

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