Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Ta‘u Island
(Manu‘a Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae) from Ta‘u Island (Manu‘a Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: PTBG0000011078
Herbarium (or collector): National Tropical Botanical Garden
Taxon name on voucher: Dioscorea bulbifera
Represents which PIER taxon: Dioscorea bulbifera (Dioscoreaceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 24 June 2010
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: n/a
Determination date: n/a
Determination institution: National Tropical Botanical Garden (PTBG)
Region: West Polynesia
Country: American Samoa
Island group: Samoan Islands
Island: Ta'u
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: TA'U: Common in the herricane-damaged forest on Li'u Bench above Laufuti Falls.
PIER location: Ta‘u Island (Manu‘a Islands/American Samoa/Pacific region)
Habitat: n/a
Elevation (lo/hi): 250 m
Coordinates:
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Vine with green flowers.
Collector: Art Whistler
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 7752
Collection date(s): 12/31/1990
Voucher comment: n/a

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