Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Cuscuta campestris (Cuscutaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Wake Island
(Wake Islands/United States (other Pacific offshore islands)/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Cuscuta campestris (Cuscutaceae) from Wake Island (Wake Islands/United States (other Pacific offshore islands)/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH690629
Herbarium (or collector): Bernice P. Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Cuscuta campestris Yunck.
Represents which PIER taxon: Cuscuta campestris (Cuscutaceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: D.R.Herbst
Determination date: vii.1998
Determination institution: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: Micronesia
Country: U.S. Administered Islands
Island group: n/a
Island: Wake Atoll
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: Wake Island, in the housing area on the NW end of the island.
PIER location: Wake Island (Wake Islands/United States (other Pacific offshore islands)/Pacific region)
Habitat: On Bidens and grasses.
Elevation (lo/hi): (n/a)
Coordinates:
LAT/LON method: Map
PLDesc: Parasitic vine with orange stems, straw-colored flowers.
Collector: D.R.Herbst
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 9850
Collection date(s): 18.vi.1998
Voucher comment: At present found only around buildings 1187 and adjacent 1189 (a building containing walk-in freezer units). Apparently a very recent introduction.

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