| Collecteur(s) |
Wood K.R., Perlman S.P.1953- ; Spermatophyta - Australes (2002), Marquises (1995-2004)
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| Numéro |
4553 |
| Période de récolte |
20-22.9.1995 |
| Famille |
Rubiaceae |
| Taxon |
Ixora marquesensis F.B.H. Brown |
| Déterminateur |
Wagner W.L. |
| Pays |
Polynésie française |
| Archipel |
Marquesas Islands |
| Ile |
Nuku Hiva |
| Localité |
Toovii, Ooumu area, top of Tapueahu Valley off new Hwy |
| Latitude/longitude |
-8.85 ; -140.31667 |
| Altitude |
3500 ft |
| Morphologie |
5 m tall, single red-brown, abundant secondary branching at 2 m, leaves shiny, dark green above, paler below, young leaves red-yellow, nerves yellow-white, leaves copiously covering branchelets, calyx & fruit red, abundant snails. |
| Écologie |
Rich Metrosideros-Weinmannia montane wet forest, diverse pteridophyte understory of Blechnum, Asplenium, Hypolepis, Thelypteridaceae, Grammitidaceae, and Hymenophyllaceae. Other associates include Cyrtandra, Psychotria and Melicope. Ridges are windswept shrublands with Dicranopteris, Freycinetia, Cy[...]. |
| Expédition |
Henua Enana Expedition sponsored by the NTBG, Smithsonian Institution, and Ministere de la Recherche, under the auspices of the Gouvernement de Polynesie francaise--Bishop Museum master cooperative agreement |
| Origine |
PTBG |
| Dépôt |
PAP |