Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Ardisia elliptica (Myrsinaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Rarotonga Island
(Southern Cook Islands/Cook Islands/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Ardisia elliptica (Myrsinaceae) from Rarotonga Island (Southern Cook Islands/Cook Islands/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH664853
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Ardisia humilis Vahl
Represents which PIER taxon: Ardisia elliptica (Myrsinaceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: W.R. Sykes
Determination date: 30.viii.1982
Determination institution: CHR (CHR)
Region: East Polynesia
Country: Cook Islands
Island group: n/a
Island: Rarotonga
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: Totokoitu Research Station.
PIER location: Rarotonga Island (Southern Cook Islands/Cook Islands/Pacific region)
Habitat: Hibiscus forest margin near stream.
Elevation (lo/hi): (n/a)
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Small erect tree 2-4 m; fruit subglobular, 8-10 mm across, pink becoming black; abundant; often forming a dense understorey in this area.
Collector: Sykes, W.R.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 399712
Collection date(s): 30.viii.1982
Voucher comment: n/a

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