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R. Tahuaitu in Huahine, Tahaa and Tahiti, October – November 1992

October – November 1992 · 8 days, 7 of them collecting · 3 islands

All 238 specimensEvery record on the map59 photographed
RTCollectorR. Tahuaitu · collected 1992–1994
Specimens
238
Stops
2
Names
192
Types
4
With images
59
Km between stops
54
Companions
1
Departments
1

The route

29 October 1992

Day 1 of 8 · under way

Each numbered point is a stop: a run of days spent within about ten kilometres. The route between stops is drawn straight; the real course went by sea, by road or on foot.

  1. 214 specimens, 181 names

    Glochidion 7, Glochidion huahineense 3, Asplenium caudatum 3

    Freycinetia demissaAcrostichum aureumMomordica charantiaCyclosorus interruptus
    The specimens from 29 Oct–2 Nov →

  2. 24 specimens, 19 names

    Glochidion myrtifolium 3, Glochidion grantii 2, Alyxia stellata 2

    Hymenophyllum polyanthosGlochidion grantiiJatropha curcasGlochidion grantii
    The specimens from 4 Nov–5 Nov →

What came home

The names most often on the labels of this journey; the families: Poaceae 18, Phyllanthaceae 17, Rubiaceae 13, Hymenophyllaceae 12, Cyperaceae 10, Asteraceae 10.

From the field

Hymenophyllum polyanthosHymenophyllum polyanthosFreycinetia demissaFreycinetia demissaAcrostichum aureumAcrostichum aureumMomordica charantiaMomordica charantiaGlochidion grantiiGlochidion grantiiCyclosorus interruptusCyclosorus interruptusPolyphlebium endlicherianumPolyphlebium endlicherianumIpomoea littoralisIpomoea littoralisPhyllanthus tenellusPhyllanthus tenellusDesmodium incanumDesmodium incanum
All 59 photographed specimens →