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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationDryopteridaceae: Nephrodium
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00139002
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorG. H. K. Thwaites
Collector numberC.P. 3391
CountrySri Lanka
GeographyAsia: India (Region): Sri Lanka
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/cbaf11e3-81bb-4530-bc79-a823692c0b76
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00139002
HerbariumGH
FamilyDryopteridaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Nephrodium zeylanicum Fée
Verified byS. Lindsay
Determination RemarksStuart Lindsay (E; pers. comm.) brought to our attention about G. Panigrahi's (in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 499. 1975) remark on the holotype ("not traced at Paris, P, nor Strasbourg"). Panigrahi mentioned the isotype at BM, but did not mention the isotype at GH. [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Nephrodium zeylanicum Fée) Mém. Foug., 10. Ic. Esp. Nouv. 1865. 10: 42.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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RemarksOriginal description also published in Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Strasbourg 6(1): 42, Nov-Dec 1866. Now recognized as Christella zeylanica (Fee) Holttum in Thelypteridaceae. See Holttum in Nayar and Kaur, Companion Beddome's Handb. Ferns Brit. India, 208. 1974. The Thelypteridaceae of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) was revised by Sledge in Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Bot.) 8(1): 1-54. 1981.

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