Clerodendrum quadriloculare (Verbenaceae)
Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Clerodendrum quadriloculare (Verbenaceae) from Fefan Island (Chuuk Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.
| Voucher number: | BISH687758 |
| Herbarium (or collector): | Bernice P. Bishop Museum |
| Taxon name on voucher: | Clerodendrum quadriloculare (Blanco) Merr. |
| Represents which PIER taxon: | Clerodendrum quadriloculare (Verbenaceae) |
| Local name: | n/a |
| Info current as of: | 01 October 2003 |
| PIER comments: | n/a |
| Local name language: | n/a |
| Deteriminer: | B.M.Waterhouse |
| Determination date: | n/a |
| Determination institution: | Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BISH) |
| Region: | Micronesia |
| Country: | Micronesia |
| Island group: | n/a |
| Island: | Fefen |
| State/province: | n/a |
| Town/city: | n/a |
| Locality: | Chuuk. |
| PIER location: | Fefan Island (Chuuk Islands/Federated States of Micronesia/Pacific region) |
| Habitat: | Grows in humid, tropical lowlands. |
| Elevation (lo/hi): | (n/a) |
| Coordinates: | |
| LAT/LON method: | Label |
| PLDesc: | Shrub to 4 m tall. New lplants develop from root suckers. Unersides of leaves bronze to purple. Inflorescences, terminal umbellate. Flowers with white-pink corolla, lower parts of long tubes pink, lobes white, very attractive. Most flowers appear to abort |
| Collector: | Waterhouse, B.M. |
| Collection team: | n/a |
| CollNumber: | BMW5804 |
| Collection date(s): | 3.iv.2000 |
| Voucher comment: | Commonly cultivated as an ornamental species. Dense suckering habit leads to steady invasion of surrounding areas. Becoming a serious environmental weed throughtout Micronesia. 1 of 2. See sheet # 687759. |
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