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Heteropogon contortus

natural science
  • Field Collection Place
  • Field Collection Date
    24 Apr 1979
  • Accession Number
    AK378032
  • Accession Date
    06 Aug 2019
  • Other Id

    CHR 361630

  • Department
Heteropogon contortus, AK378032, © Auckland Museum CC BY

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Natural Science Specimen

  • Classifier
  • Scientific Name
    Heteropogon contortus (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
  • Classification
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species
  • Specimen Category
  • Storage Method
  • Field Collection Place
  • Locality Description
    Tonga, Niuafo'ou, on beach above Vai'lahi just north of Koko
  • Field Collection Date
    24 Apr 1979
  • Field Collection Notes
    Open area with scattered toa trees and shrubs; much of the ground is bare volcanic ash. Abundant on this beach above Vai'lahi in open toa areas, which have not been invaded by subwoody plants like Stachytarpheta; tufted grass; culms ascending; spikelets green with brown awns. DUP ex CHR, received 1999
  • Field Collector
  • Field Collection latitude/longitude
    -15.60336, -175.66028 (± 5 km)
    -175.66028, -175.66028 (± 5 km)

  • Last Update
    30 Jul 2021

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