Melodinus vitiensis Rolfe

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Fiji

• Locality

  Vanua Levu: Mathuata: Seanggangga Plateau, in drainage of Korovuli River, vicinity of Natua

• Elevation

  Alt. 100 - 200 m. (328 - 656 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -16.7321, 179.159

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  518

• Georeferencing Method

  Georeferencing Quick Reference Guide (Zermoglio et. Unable to locate feature. Georeferenced to center of Natua. Used halved distance between Natua and Vunidamoli to approximate geographic radial.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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PLANTS OF FIJI
A. C. Smith, mo. £7?^
Melodious vitlensis Rolfe
Nov. 25-Dec. 8, 1947
Det. 4L O. Smith
NEW Y Off
ßOTANICAL
P-arden^.
Helodinus vitiensis Bolfe
2001
?et. A.J.M. Leeuwenberg, ......... Herbarium Vadense (WAG)
High-cliafcia^ liana, in crewi of no. 6722;
eorolla #iite, the tube eligfrtly greenish;
flovers fragrant; fruit spherical, green,
the largest ones seen about 5 cm. diara*
VANUA LEVU: Mathuata: Seanggangga Plateau, in drainage of Korovuli
River, vicinity of Natua; alt. 100-200 m.; patches of forest in open rolling
country._____
Collected under the auspices of the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University
and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, with the aid of
grants from, the Penrose Fund of the American Philosophical Society
and the Bache Fund of the National Academy of Sciences
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