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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationRestionaceae: Elegia
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (0 item with 0 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00521076
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorW. J. Burchell
Collector number6993
CountrySouth Africa
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): South Africa
Locality[Lower part of the Lange Bergen about the waterfall at Valley Rivers Poort, near Kampsche Breg, Riversdale Division]
Date Collected1814-02-12
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/f50c4174-741e-4306-872c-5455346691db
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00521076
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipFrom the Herbarium of the Royal Gardens, Kew.
FamilyRestionaceae
Type Status Isolectotype
Isolectotype of Elegia acuminata Masters
Verified byLinder, Hans Peter
Date Determined2015
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Elegia acuminata Masters) J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 1885. 21: 580.
FamilyRestionaceae
Determination Elegia thyrsifera Rottbøll
Determined byLinder, Hans Peter
Date Determined2015
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyRestionaceae
Determination Elegia thyrsifera Rottbøll
Determined by[annotation on sheet]
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [191MB]
Full Quality [25MB]
Remarks[data from Kew specimen]

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