Barringtonia

  • Filed As

    Lecythidaceae
    Barringtonia

  • Collector(s)

    O. Gideon UPNG No.20109, 30 Jan 2003

  • Location

    Papua New Guinea. Central. Abau Distr. Waiana forest along Amau Road, 3 km from More River Bridge.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 03698873

    Occurrence ID: c90f1010-e10c-4a22-8980-fbd5c0ed6a2e

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Ericales

  • Family

    Lecythidaceae

  • All Determinations

    Barringtonia

  • Region

    Oceania

  • Country

    Papua New Guinea

  • State/Province

    Central

  • County/Municipio

    Abau Distr.

  • Locality

    Waiana forest along Amau Road, 3 km from More River Bridge

  • Elevation

    Alt. 30 m. (98 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    -10.5, 148.517

  • Location Notes

    [Pacifica]

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University of Illinois at Chicago
Plants of Papua New Guinea
LECYTHIDACEAE
Barringtonia sp.
Det. By:
Tree, 20m tall, ca 30cm dbh. Leaves glossy dark green
above, pale below. Flowers cream.
Locality: Papua New Guinea: Waiana forest along
Amau Road, 3 km from More River Bridge, Abau
District, Central Province.
Habitat: In Primary lowland rainforest along road to
Amau Village.
Notes:
Site: 10° 30' 00" S 148° 31' 00" E 30 m
O. Gideon & P. Piskaut, UPNG No. 20109, January
30,2003
This is a voucher specimen for anti-cancer and anti-AIDS screening.
NCI Sample Numbers): 0GHA4109-F 0GHA4110-G
0GHA4111-H 0GHA4112-1
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Field Museum of
Natural History, and Research Forest Institute, Lae, PNG.
Please notify Field Museum of any new determination of this collection,
specifying that it is a University of Illinois at Chicago voucher.
03698873