Occurrence

Plunkett, G 3193

Decaisnina forsteriana (Schult. & Schult.fil.) Barlow

11/8/2015

Fiji

This occurrence of Decaisnina forsteriana (Schult. & Schult.fil.) Barlow (Plunkett, G 3193) was collected on 11/8/2015 in Fiji. Flora of the World includes 11 field photographs documenting this occurrence, all of which are displayed here.

Decaisnina forsteriana, Plunkett, G 3193--Fiji. Across the road from Waisali RF. 8 Nov 2015. DSC00330 (157).JPG

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Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Santalales

Family

Loranthaceae

Genus

Decaisnina

Specific Epithet

forsteriana

Authorship

(Schult. & Schult.fil.) Barlow

Scientific Name ID

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Record Number

Plunkett, G 3193

Collection Date

11/8/2015

Collectors

Jerome Munzinger, Porter P. Lowry II, Gregory M. Plunkett, Alivereti Naikatini, Bruce Gray, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Remarks

Epiphyte, 3-4 m above ground, growing in at edge of logging road. Flowers red with dark red-purple tips, anthers and inside surface of petals yellow.

Geographic Information

Country

Fiji

State/Province

Vanua Levu

Coordinates

-16.645028, 179.203722

Location

Fiji, Vanua Levu

Location Remarks

Waisali Rainforest Reserve c. 30 km north of Hibiscus Highway in Savusavu on Cross Island Road; then southwest and downhill on a abandoned former logging road, now eroding. Much disturbance but an interesting understory persists. 420-460 m elev.

Collection Location

No publications are associated with this occurrence.