Vaccinium psammogenes Sleumer

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Southern Highlands

• Locality

  NE of Waro 'airstrip'

• Elevation

  Alt. 442 m. (1450 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -6.53, 143.2

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

DISTRIBUTED BY
FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
University of Illinois at Chicago
PLANTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
ERICACEAE
Vaccinium psammogenes Sleum.
Det. By: W. Takeuchi,
Field Char: Epiphytic shrub on canopy tree in
swamp, with stemlike aerial roots reaching
ground. Inner bark surface + wood yellow-brown.
Flower calyx green, corolla green turning
white, ovary brown.
Notes: Style white-pale green. Filaments brown
w/ white tomentose hairs. Detailed notes w/
specimen @ FMNH.
Locality: Southern Highlands Province, NE of
Waro ’airstrip’.
Habitat: Swamp forest dominated by sago palm.
442 m,006°32’S X 143°12’E
W. Takeuchi 9153, September 9, 1993
This is a voucher specimen for
anticancer and anti-AIDS screening
NCI Sample Number(s): U44Z6531-K, U44Z6532-L
U44Z6533-M, U44Z6534-N.
Collected under the sponsorship of: U.S. National Cancer
Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, Arnold
Arboretum (Harvard University), Field Museum of
Natural History and Forest Research Institute, Lae.
Please notify Field Museum Herbarium of any new
determination of this collection, specifying that
it is a University of Illinois at Chicago voucher.
04367934