Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Ceiba pentandra (Malvaceae) from Tahuata (Tuhuata) Island (Marquesas Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.
Voucher number: | PTBG0000039391 |
Herbarium (or collector): | National Tropical Botanical Garden |
Taxon name on voucher: | Ceiba pentandra |
Represents which PIER taxon: | Ceiba pentandra (Malvaceae) |
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: | East Polynesia |
Country: | French Polynesia |
Island group: | Marquesas Islands |
Island: | Tahuata |
State/province: | n/a |
Town/city: | n/a |
Locality: | TAHUATA: along road from Motopu village to Vaitahu, at highest point along road; secondary vegetation with Xylosma, Cyclophyllum, Ceiba pentandra, Casuarina equisetifolia, Cocos nucifera, mango, papaya. |
PIER location: | Tahuata (Tuhuata) Island (Marquesas Islands/French Polynesia/Pacific region) |
Habitat: | n/a |
Elevation (lo/hi): | 400 m |
Coordinates: | |
LAT/LON method: | n/a |
PLDesc: | Young tree 2.5 m tall, trunk and stems green, trunk thorny when older. Naturalized, fairly common locally. |
Collector: | David H. Lorence |
Collection team: | J.-Y. Meyer |
CollNumber: | 8952 |
Collection date(s): | 2/1/2003 |
Voucher comment: | PAP, US |
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