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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationBoraginaceae: Heliotropium
Classification 1Boraginaceae: Schleidenia
Classification 2Boraginaceae: Heliotropium
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00097755
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorJ. F. Metz
Collector number82
CountryIndia
StateKarnataka (Mysore)
GeographyAsia: India (Region): Karnataka (Mysore)
LocalityIn a rice field near Mangalor[e], Canara [Kanara]
Date Collected1851-03-**
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d84de0f4-50bc-4943-bd03-e5ae298bcfe1
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00097755
HerbariumGH
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Heliotropium cornutum I. M. Johnston
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Schleidenia sp.
Determination Remarks[0] [is Current name]
FamilyBoraginaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Heliotropium cornutum I. M. Johnston
Determination Remarks [is a fragment]
Taxon Reference(for Heliotropium cornutum I. M. Johnston) Contr. Gray Herb. 1930. 92: 90.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks“R. F. Hohenacker is not the collector. He never went to India. Hohenacker edited many series of exsiccates between 1841 and 1874, containing plants collected by himself from Caucasia and adjoining areas and collected by others from Abyssinia, Chile, India, Italy, Mesopotamia, Surinam, Sweden, Ukraine. Although the specimen label shows “Ed. R. F. Hohenacker” (= Editor R. R. Hohenacker), usually the “Ed.” citation is overlooked, and he is mistaken as the collector. F. Metz, a missionary worker, made the collections for Hohenacker. Unfortunately, the exsiccate labels do not show the collector’s name”

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