Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Furcraea foetida (Asparagaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Viti Levu Island
(Fiji Islands/Fiji/Pacific region)


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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