Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Digitaria ciliaris (Retz.) Koeler
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
Cook Islands, Rarotonga, Nikao, Black Rocks, edge of parking area at top of lava slope
Field Collection Date
09 Jan 2017
Field Collection Notes
Dense, tiny turf covering an area of 1.5x1.5m at edge of mixed turf and lava steps down to the sea. Smaller specimens from pure colony of open turf; larger plants growing amongst other, taller grasses and weeds in crevices between rocks. RO Gardner pers. comm.: 'A very reduced example'.
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-21.20836, -159.82375 (± 10 m)
-159.82375, -159.82375 (± 10 m)
Last Update
26 Sep 2017
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