Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Sphagneticola trilobata (Asteraceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Tarawa Atoll
(Tungaru (Gilbert) Islands/Kiribati/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Sphagneticola trilobata (Asteraceae) from Tarawa Atoll (Tungaru (Gilbert) Islands/Kiribati/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH0000697655
Herbarium (or collector): Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Sphagneticola trilobata (L.) Pruski
Represents which PIER taxon: Sphagneticola trilobata (Asteraceae)
Local name: No local name.
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: Bishop Museum (BISH)
Region: Micronesia
Country: Kiribati
Island group: n/a
Island: Tarawa
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: South Tarawa, along road skirting eastern end of Bonriki International Airport.
PIER location: Tarawa Atoll (Tungaru (Gilbert) Islands/Kiribati/Pacific region)
Habitat: Roadside weed on crushed coral substrate growing with Cyperus javanicus, Clerodendrum inerme, Vigna marina, Pluchea carolinensis.
Elevation (lo/hi): Near sea level.
Coordinates:
LAT/LON method: Map
PLDesc: Naturalized groundcover; uncommon on Tarawa.
Collector: C.Imada
Collection team: J.Space
CollNumber: 2003-40
Collection date(s): 16.viii.2003
Voucher comment: Collected during weed survey of Republic of Kiribati funded by USDA Forest Service, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk program.

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