Herbarium Sheet Detail
NTBG Plant Name:
Sesbania tomentosa
Collector Name:
K. R. Wood
Collection Date:
April 20, 2010
Island Group:
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
District:
Makawao District
Plant Description:
this Sesbania tomentosa population can fluctuate between ca. 50 and 400 individuals each year depending on rainfall, during this visit the population was stressed-out from drought with only around 50 shrubs. Note: only a few healthy seeds were being produced.
Habitat:
Dry herbland/grassland.
Associated Species:
With Waltheria indica, Sida fallax, Sesbania tomentosa, Portulaca molokiniensis, Bidens mauiensis, Melanthera lavarum, Capparis sandwichiana, Argemone glauca, Heteropogon contortus, Eragrostis leptophylla, Panicum torridum, Panicum fauriei var. latius, Jacquemontia, Ipomoea tuboides.
Comments:
NTBG ACC #100321/wood 14197a (upper pop); 100322/wood 14197b (middle pop); 100323/wood 14197c (lower pop); ***SEED COLLECTION, =Representative Voucher Wood 14197; Silica dried leaves for DNA sequencing of Sesbania tomentosa (HERBARIUM VOUCHER Wood 14197): material collected from 25 individuals on Puu Koa`e, Kahoolawe – curated at the NTBG DNA Leaf Tissue Bank, leaf material sent to David Cole
Date of Record Creation:
January 10, 2011
Date of Last Update:
August 6, 2023
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