Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Portulaca oleracea (Portulacaceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Ua Huka (Huahuna, Uahuka) Island
(Marquesas Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific region)


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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