Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Amaranthus spinosus (Amaranthaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Tinian Island
(Northern Mariana Islands/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Amaranthus spinosus (Amaranthaceae) from Tinian Island (Northern Mariana Islands/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: PTBG0000026475
Herbarium (or collector): National Tropical Botanical Garden
Taxon name on voucher: Amaranthus spinosus
Represents which PIER taxon: Amaranthus spinosus (Amaranthaceae)
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: Micronesia
Country: CNMI
Island group: Mariana Islands
Island: Tinian
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: TINIAN: Mahalang, along the perimeter of a cattle pond, N. central Tinian.
PIER location: Tinian Island (Northern Mariana Islands/Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US)/Pacific region)
Habitat: n/a
Elevation (lo/hi): 60 m
Coordinates:
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Weedy herb with numerous sharp spines. Greenish flowering racemes are usually terminal; sometimes axillary.
Collector: C. Aguon
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 111
Collection date(s): 4/24/1982
Voucher comment: n/a

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