Tephrosia candida (Fabaceae)
Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Tephrosia candida (Fabaceae) from ‘Atiu Island (Southern Cook Islands/Cook Islands/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.
| Voucher number: | BISH0000664989 |
| Herbarium (or collector): | Bishop Museum |
| Taxon name on voucher: | Tephrosia candida Roxb. ex DC. |
| Represents which PIER taxon: | Tephrosia candida (Fabaceae) |
| 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: | 24.ix.1991 |
| Determination institution: | ' (') |
| Region: | East Polynesia |
| Country: | Cook Islands |
| Island group: | n/a |
| Island: | Atiu |
| State/province: | n/a |
| Town/city: | n/a |
| Locality: | Areora area, near Atiu Hotel |
| PIER location: | ‘Atiu Island (Southern Cook Islands/Cook Islands/Pacific region) |
| Habitat: | Lower part of fernland bordering Hibiscus forest, in small channel. |
| Elevation (lo/hi): | (n/a) |
| Coordinates: | n/a |
| LAT/LON method: | n/a |
| PLDesc: | Shrubs c.2 m high, forming thickets. Young shoots and leaves tawny. Flowers white, standard c. 2.3 cm long x 3 cm wide, curved back 180 degrees, slightly emarginate, wings c.2.6 cm long, oblique, enclosing keel. Common in small thickets. |
| Collector: | Sykes, W.R. |
| Collection team: | n/a |
| CollNumber: | 474473 |
| Collection date(s): | 21.vii.1991 |
| Voucher comment: | n/a |
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