Triumfetta procumbens G.Forst.

  • Filed As

    Malvaceae
    Triumfetta procumbens G.Forst.

  • Collector(s)

    C. Trauernicht 112, 07 Mar 2005

  • Location

    Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Nukuoro (Mun.).

  • Habitat

    Atoll littoral forest. Tropical atoll consisting of 46 small islands surround a 5 mile wide lagoon. Most inslands uninhabitated but all planted wtih coconut. Typical Pacific beach strand/littoral forest vegetation mixed with agroforest (coconut, breadfruit).

  • Description

    Creeping herb, 0.5 m high; yellow flowers; fruit a burr-dry exocarp with hooked appendages.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 202832

    Occurrence ID: e0b696b1-81c3-48f7-8761-bbd8f12cd15a

  • Related Publications

    [Article] Herrera, Katherine, et al. 2010. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia with Local Names and Uses. Allertonia. 10: 1-192.

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Malvales

  • Family

    Malvaceae

  • All Determinations

    Triumfetta procumbens G.Forst. det D. H. Lorence, Dec 2005

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Federated States of Micronesia

  • State/Province

    Pohnpei

  • County/Municipio

    Nukuoro (Mun.)

  • Elevation

    Alt. 2 m. (7 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    3.84389, 154.971

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Institute of Economic Botany
Ethnobotanical Studies in Micronesia
Tiliaceae
Triumfetta procumbems G. Forst.
det. D. H. Lorence, Dec 2005
Federated States of Micronesia. Pohnpei. Nukuoro.
3°50'38"N, 154°58'17"E
2 m. elev.
Atoll littoral forest. Tropical atoll consisting of 46 small
islands surround a 5 mile wide lagoon. Most inslands
uninhabitated but all planted wtih coconut. Typical
Pacific beach strand/littoral forest vegetation mixed with
agroforest (coconut, breadfruit).
Creeping herb, 0.5 m high; yellow flowers; fruit a burr-dry
exocarp with hooked appendages.
07 Mar 2005
C. Trauemicht 112
Gildea Foundation and the Overbrook Foundation
NYdb
00202832