South Pacific Regional Herbarium_Monocotyledons
Citation
Baba Y, Erickson R, Skuse Z, Tuiwawa M (2023). South Pacific Regional Herbarium_Monocotyledons. Version 1.1. South Pacific Regional Herbarium. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qur8qh accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-07-12.Description
This dataset contains occurrence records for specimens of the monocotyledonous families, excluding Orchidaceae and Thyphaceae, housed at South Pacific Regional Herbarium (SUVA), at The University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. The occurrence records include native and exotic Fijian flora.
A large component of records was used as voucher specimens published in Flora Vitiensis Nova (1979), vol. 1: 122 -494. The more recent specimens include the collections by external researchers (as duplicate exchanges) and by the Department of Agriculture, the University of the South Pacific and SUVA herbarium employees from the 1910s to the 1990s.
Records do not have GPS coordinates, however, locality descriptions are provided.
Data mobilisation is supported by the BID Pacific project "Mobilizing biodiversity data from natural history collections in Fiji" (BID-PA-2020-006-NAC).
Taxonomic Coverages
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Alismatalescommon name: Arecales rank: order
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Asparagalescommon name: Commelinales rank: order
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Dioscorealescommon name: Liliales rank: order
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Pandanalescommon name: Pandanales rank: order
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Zingiberalesrank: order
Geographic Coverages
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Yumiko Babaoriginator
position: Associate Curator
Auckland War Memorial Museum Herbarium (AK)
The Domain, Private Bag 92018, Victoria Street West
Auckland
1142
Auckland
email: ybaba@aucklandmuseum.com
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3950-1147
Ricky-Lee Erickson
originator
position: Collection Manager
Auckland War Memorial Museum
The Domain, Private Bag 92018, Victoria Street West
Auckland
1142
NZ
email: rerickson@aucklandmuseum.com
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=ricky-lee-erickson-6a5885128
Zara Skuse
originator
position: Assistant Collection Manager
Auckland War Memorial Museum Herbarium (AK)
The Domain, Private Bag 92018, Victoria Street West
1142
email: zskuse@aucklandmuseum.com
Marika Tuiwawa
originator
position: Curator
South Pacific Regional Herbarium
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: marika.tuiwawa@usp.ac.fj
userId: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/ID:GFX-6830-2022
Ainsof So'o
programmer
position: Systems Developer and Analyst
SPREP
Apia
WS
email: ainsofs@sprep.org
homepage: https://www.sprep.org
userId: https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=ainsofs
Marika Tuiwawa
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
South Pacific Regional Herbarium
The University of the South Pacific
Suva
FJ
email: marika.tuiwawa@usp.ac.fj
userId: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/GFX-6830-2022