• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  French Polynesia

• State/Province

  Tubuai Islands

• County/Municipio

  Rapa (Commune)

• Locality

  Akao Raro Valley, .75 miles up valley

• Elevation

  Alt. 152 m. (499 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -27.5911, -144.371

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

National Tropical Botanical Garden
National Geographic Society, 2002 Rapa iti Expedition
Euphorbiaceae
Acalyphapolynesiaca Radel.-Sm. & Govaerts
French Polynesia, Austral Islands, Rapa. Akao Raro Valley,
.75 miles up valley, 500 ft el. 27°35.468' S, 144°22.235' W.
Shrubs, 3 m ht., w/ flwrs and fruit. Forest w/ Metrosideros,
Meryta, Nesoluma, Myrsine, Sophora, Cyathea, Myoporum,
Omalanthus, Eurya, Coprosma cokkei, Freycinetia,
Dicranopteris, Aleurites, Psidium cattleianum.
Steve Perlman 18,036	Apr. 8, 2002
Specimen preserved in alcohol
prior to drying
01027697