Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Portulaca oleracea (Portulacaceae) from Ua Huka (Huahuna, Uahuka) Island (Marquesas Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.
Voucher number: | PTBG0000028585 |
Herbarium (or collector): | National Tropical Botanical Garden |
Taxon name on voucher: | Portulaca oleracea L. |
Represents which PIER taxon: | Portulaca oleracea (Portulacaceae) |
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: | Smithsonian Institution (US) |
Region: | East Polynesia |
Country: | French Polynesia |
Island group: | Marquesas Islands |
Island: | Ua Huka |
State/province: | n/a |
Town/city: | n/a |
Locality: | UA HUKA: Hemeni; off shore islet; volcanic cone of 250 ft elevation; nesting site for storm petrels and sooty terns; Chamaesyce-Portulaca-Amaranthus coastal shrubland with Waltheria, Leptochloa xerophila, Passaflora foetida. |
PIER location: | Ua Huka (Huahuna, Uahuka) Island (Marquesas Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific region) |
Habitat: | n/a |
Elevation (lo/hi): | (n/a) |
Coordinates: | |
LAT/LON method: | n/a |
PLDesc: | Decumbent herb dominant on islet; stems pink-green; laeves medium green; corolla yellow. |
Collector: | K. R. Wood |
Collection team: | Steve Perlman, J.-Y. Meyer, L. Teatiu |
CollNumber: | 6413 |
Collection date(s): | 6/30/1997 |
Voucher comment: | US, P, PAP, BISH |
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