Pisonia grandis R.Br.

Specimen

UM-MPU-MPU889919

Collection

Flora of the Marquesas Islands, PTBG / U.S National Herbarium

Projet soutenu par le ministère de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche, financement obtenu en 2024

Taxonomy

Family

Nyctaginaceae

Genus

Pisonia

Species

Pisonia grandis

Name

Pisonia grandis R.Br.

Origin

Country label

Polynésie Française

Country ISO (code)

French Polynesia (pf)

State/Province

Fatu Hiva

County

Ouia Valley

Locality

Motu tui

Verbatim locality

French Polynesia: Marquesas Islands. Fatu Hiva, Motu tui, offshore islet near Ouia valley

Phenology

Collector's name

S. Perlman

With

K. (Ken) Wood

Expedition

Fatu Hiva Expedition

Collector's number

18436

Collection date

2003-2-13

Altitude

Geographic coordinates

10° 42' 57.996'' S ; 138° 45' 11.988'' O

-10.71611 ; -138.75333

Description

Trees 10 meter h., leaves opposite, petioles ca. 4cm, blades 20cm, long X 8 cm. wide, thin, falcate. Weeds, bird and bird egg collectors

Ecological note

In Pisonia grandis forest and basalt rock with Sesbania marchionica, Leptochloa xerophila

Determination

Perlman, Wood

2003 ?