Herbarium Specimen Details

Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter - Determined By: B. F. Hansen, 2000
Locality Florida, Broward Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Reproductive State
Collector M. Anderson
Collection Date 27 Mar 2000
Accession Number 226990
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter
Locality Florida, Broward Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Flowers creamy white.
Habitat Tree island.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector M. Anderson
Collection Date 28 Apr 2000
Accession Number 225870
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter
Locality Florida, Broward Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Flowers creamy white.
Habitat Tree island.
Reproductive State Flower
Collector M. Anderson
Collection Date 28 Apr 2000
Accession Number 225868
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter
Locality Florida, Broward Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Flowers creamy white; berries and stalks dark pinkish red.
Habitat Tree island.
Reproductive State Immature Fruit
Collector M. Anderson
Collection Date 11 May 2000
Accession Number 225869
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter
Locality Florida, Collier Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Viny shrub climbing into trees; fruits and calyx red.
Habitat Shell middens.
Reproductive State Bud
Collector D. S. Correll 53231
with J. Popenoe
Collection Date 11 Feb 1982
Accession Number 162330
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter
Locality Florida, Palm Beach Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Description Shrub with small woody trunk and few stems arching 3 m into adjacent trees; Crushed foliage has no particular odor.
Habitat Edge of a small hardwood hammock near the center of a mongrove-dominated island; associates in sandy soil of hammock are large, old specimens of Sabal palmetto, Bursera simaruba, Sideroxylon foetidissimum, Krugiodendron ferreum, Guapira discolor, Quadrella jamaicensis, and Simarouba glauca.
Reproductive State
Elevation 2 to m
Collector R. Moyroud
Collection Date 26 Jan 2017
Accession Number 291976
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter - Determined By: S. R. Hill, Oct 1996
Locality Dominica. St. George Par. Roseau, Botanic Gardens. 15° 17' 30" N 61° 24' 40" W
Description Fruits purplish; flowers white; locally common shrubby perennial; branches viny; not planted.
Habitat Fenceline near NE gate.
Reproductive State Fruit
Elevation 50 to ft
Collector S. R. Hill
Collection Date 25 May 1996
Accession Number 218790
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter
Locality Dominican Republic. La Altagracia Prov. , San Rafael del Yuma Mun. : Half-way between Boca del Yuma town and El Caracol (old bridge over Río Duey, N of town). 18° 22' 60" N 68° 36' 60" W
Description Woody to 5 or 6 m tall canes; calyx light green to almost with-green.
Habitat Former farm fields, on upland and edge of limestone humid forest.
Reproductive State Flower
Elevation 20 to 60 m
Collector T. A. Zanoni
with M. Mejía, C. Ramirez
Collection Date 05 Feb 1981
Accession Number 179845
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter - Determined By: S. R. Hill, Jun 1994
Locality Dominica. St. George Par. In Roseau, between Botanic Garden and Fort Young Hotel. 15° 18' 0" N 61° 22' 60" W
Description Flowers white; vine 10-15 ft. long, leaves tough; branches pendulous.
Habitat Roadsides, vacant lots; old house ruin.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector S. R. Hill
Collection Date 30 May 1994
Accession Number 211676
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter
Locality Puerto Rico. San Juan Mun. : Montes de San Patricio, a mogote in the Puerto Nuevo area at San Patricio. 18° 23' 50" N 66° 5' 34" W
Description Sprawling shrub; flowers white.
Habitat Limestone hill with secondary growth, dominated by Coccoloba.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector B. F. Hansen
with R.P. Sauleda, M. Ragan
Collection Date 16 Nov 1981
Accession Number 166532
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1975
Determination History
Villamilla octandra Hook. f.
Locality Trinidad & Tobago. Tobago Near Yaws Hospital, Scarborough.
Description A climber; flowers white; fruit blackish.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Collector W. E. Broadway
Collection Date 21 Apr 1910
Accession Number 89897
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter - Determined By: J. N. Burch,
Locality Florida, Collier Co., Contact USF Herbarium if additional information is required.
Habitat Disturbed shell mound.
Reproductive State Fruit
Collector J. N. Burch
Collection Date 16 Jul 2011
Accession Number 289912
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter - Determined By: Wunderlin, 1975
Determination History
Villamilla octandra (L.) Hook. f.
Locality Colombia. Santa Marta Dept. 11° 14' 25" N 74° 12' 40" W
Reproductive State Flower
Collector Herbert H. Smith
Collection Date 1898-1901
Accession Number 57427
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter - Determined By: Wunderlin,
Locality Costa Rica. Guanacaste Prov. Rio Higueron, ca. 2 km SE Estacion Experimental Jimenez Nunez. 10° 21' 2" N 85° 3' 9" W
Habitat Riparian forest.
Reproductive State Flower Fruit
Elevation 10 to m
Collector M. McDiarmid
Collection Date 07 Apr 1973
Accession Number 127789
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Trichostigma octandrum
Family Name Phytolaccaceae
Currently Accepted Name Trichostigma octandrum (L.) H. Walter
Locality USA. Florida , Broward Co. : W edge of Fern Forest Nature Center. 27° 51' 34" N 82° 5' 7" W
Description Large individual; cultivated on several adjacent properties and likely escaped.
Habitat Tropical hardwood hammock with oolitic limestone.
Reproductive State
Collector J. Lange
with C. Angelo
Collection Date 08 Nov 2019
Accession Number 300830
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