Pollia secundiflora (Blume) Bakh.f.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Central

• Locality

  Mt Gerebu, vicinity of camp site, along Wati Namu Creek (Maru Ruama).

• Elevation

  Alt. 501 m. (1644 ft.)

• Coordinates

  9.46561, 147.641

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  500

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Best Practices (Chapman and Wieczor. I placed the point at the collector provided coordinates.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

PAC'
Herbarium Pacificum (BISH)
Papua New Guinea
New Guinea
COMMELINACEAE
Pollia secundiflora (Blume) Bakh.f.
Central Province; Mt Gerebu, vicinity of camp site, along Wati
Namu Creek (Maru Ruama). 9.46561° S 147.64127° E 501 m
Lowland evergreen moss forest. Herbaceous shrub; leaves
simple, forming spiral, large, fleshy, obovate, sessile,
concolorous, glabrous; flowers in raceme, fleshy, white, 6.5 x 5
cm, 6 tepals; fruits iridescent blue, globular, 0.5 x 0.3 cm, on 1.5
cm pedicel. Supported by NSF Grant DEB-0950207. PCMB
12246
Coll. James, S.A. SAJ1480	10 Nov 2013
Damas, D.
Det. LAE
Accession: 2013.135
BISH 761125
03784039