Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Furcraea foetida (Asparagaceae) from Viti Levu Island (Fiji Islands/Fiji/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.
Voucher number: | BISH0000699210 |
Herbarium (or collector): | Bishop Museum |
Taxon name on voucher: | Furcraea foetida (L.) Haw. |
Represents which PIER taxon: | Furcraea foetida (Asparagaceae) |
Local name: | Natali |
Info current as of: | 01 October 2003 |
PIER comments: | n/a |
Local name language: | n/a |
Deteriminer: | G.Staples |
Determination date: | 1989 |
Determination institution: | Bishop Museum (BISH) |
Region: | Melanesia |
Country: | Fiji |
Island group: | n/a |
Island: | Viti Levu |
State/province: | n/a |
Town/city: | n/a |
Locality: | Mba [formerly Nandi]: Vicinity of Tumbenasolo, valley of Namosi Creek |
PIER location: | Viti Levu Island (Fiji Islands/Fiji/Pacific region) |
Habitat: | Grass- and reed- covered hillsides. |
Elevation (lo/hi): | 200-450 m |
Coordinates: | n/a |
LAT/LON method: | n/a |
PLDesc: | Leaves up to 1.5 m long, in dense rosette; inflorescence up to 10 m high, the lateral branches up to 2 m long. |
Collector: | Smith, A.C. |
Collection team: | n/a |
CollNumber: | 4629 |
Collection date(s): | 27.v-5.vi.1947 |
Voucher comment: | Introduced some years ago and now naturalized in northern and western Viti Levu. Sheet 2 of 2. See sheet #101751. |
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