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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationSelaginella: Selaginellaceae
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00022079
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5705
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityEnvirons de Fort-Dauphin: près de Bevilany
Date Collected1928-09-14
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/30af2503-d687-4c8c-8633-6bc71f8ce109
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00022079
HerbariumGH
FamilySelaginellaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Selaginella proxima R. M. Tryon
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Taxon Reference(for Selaginella proxima R. M. Tryon) Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 1955. 42: 1.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationSelaginella: Selaginellaceae
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00022080
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5705
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityEnvirons de Fort-Dauphin: près de Bevilany
Date Collected1928-09-14
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/ca716e29-aab9-48aa-adc4-61ceb4782eb1
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00022080
HerbariumGH
FamilySelaginellaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Selaginella proxima R. M. Tryon
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Taxon Reference(for Selaginella proxima R. M. Tryon) Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 1955. 42: 1.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationAcanthaceae: Oplonia
Classification 1Acanthaceae: Forsythiopsis
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00094150
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5507
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityBasin de la Linta, plateau calcaire à l'est du delta, 200-250 m
Date Collected1928-08-29
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/93d9f508-04c9-4b2a-b17c-82bbf7317718
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00094150
HerbariumA
FamilyAcanthaceae
Determination Oplonia linifolia (Benoist) Stearn
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
FamilyAcanthaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Forsythiopsis linifolia Benoist
Taxon Reference(for Forsythiopsis linifolia Benoist) Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1945. 12: 11.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks= Oplonia linifolia (Benoist) Stearn

ClassificationClerodendrum: Verbenaceae
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00094582
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5623
CountryMadagascar
StateToliara
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar: Toliara
LocalityEnvirons d'Ambovombe, extrème sud, 1-50 m.
Date Collected1928-09-09
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/0f7513af-7ef3-4d78-9d9f-2d5c16b12593
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00094582
HerbariumA
FamilyVerbenaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Clerodendrum humberti Moldenke
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Taxon Reference(for Clerodendrum humberti Moldenke) Phytologia 1950. 3: 307.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationByttneriaceae: Humbertiella
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00283157
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5693
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityEnvirons fe Fort Dauphin, près de Bevilany
Date Collected1928-09-14
Elevation200 - 300 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/51d9c143-6427-47b8-b509-4fefe026493b
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00283157
HerbariumA
FamilyByttneriaceae
Determination Humbertiella quararibeoides Hochreutiner
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyByttneriaceae
Determination Humbertiella henrici Hochreutiner
Determined byL. J. Dorr (NY)
Date Determined1990
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
FamilyByttneriaceae
Type Status Isolectotype
Isolectotype of Humbertiella henrici Hochreutiner
Verified byL. J. Dorr (NY)
Date Determined1990
Determination Remarks[LT: G]
Taxon Reference(for Humbertiella henrici Hochreutiner) Candollea 1932. 5: 3.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationByttneriaceae: Humbertiella
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00283158
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5322
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityEnvirons du Lac Manampetsotsa (cote Sud-Ouest)
Date Collected1928-08-16 - 1928-08-20
Elevation20 - 100 m
HabitatPlateua calcaire
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/c8f12bc5-fcaf-4aec-8200-ec3cc6719814
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00283158
HerbariumA
FamilyByttneriaceae
Determination Humbertiella quararibeoides Hochreutiner
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyByttneriaceae
Determination Humbertiella quararibeoides Hochreutiner
Determined byL. J. Dorr (NY)
Date Determined1990
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
FamilyByttneriaceae
Type Status Isolectotype
Isolectotype of Humbertiella quararibeoides Hochreutiner
Verified byL. J. Dorr (NY)
Date Determined1990
Determination Remarks[HT: P]
Taxon Reference(for Humbertiella quararibeoides Hochreutiner) Candollea 1926. 3: 3.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationAsteraceae: Conyza
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00283439
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5512
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityEnvirons d'Ampanihy (Extréme Sud)
Date Collected1928-08-30 - 1928-09-07
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2d8c2a62-8cd1-43b2-bf43-aa755d8e5283
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00283439
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipex (US)
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Conyza alluaudii Humbert
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is label name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed

ClassificationAsteraceae: Pseudognaphalium
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00282382
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5575
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityEnvirons de Tsihombe (extrème Sud)
Date Collected1928-09-08
Elevation20 - 50 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/4337060a-6997-4d5b-89f1-99792fe687f8
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00282382
HerbariumA
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Pseudognaphalium undulatum (Linnaeus) Hilliard & B. L. Burtt
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed

ClassificationEuphorbiaceae: Croton
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00444225
Type StatusIsosyntype
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5673
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityEnvirons de Fort-Dauphin: Pres de Bevilany
Date Collected1928-09-14
Elevation200 - 300 m
ContainerMission H. Humbert - Plantes de Madagascar (3° voyage) - 1928
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a5e01b17-d79b-465f-9d8c-24c0e1d89478
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00444225
HerbariumA
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
DeterminationCompare Croton bevilaniensis Léandri
Determination Remarks[0] [is label name]
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Croton capuronii Léandri
Determined byBerry, Paul Edward
Date Determined2108-04-**
Annotation TextSyntype
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Croton mavoravina Léandri
Determined byBerry, Paul Edward
Date Determined2018-04-**
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Type Status Isosyntype
Isosyntype of Croton capuronii Léandri
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2020
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Taxon Reference(for Croton capuronii Léandri) Bull. Soc. Bot. France 1957. 103: 604.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationMenispermaceae
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01154489
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5546
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityEnvions d'Ampanihy (Extrême Sud)
Date Collected1928-08-30 - 1928-09-07
Elevation200 - 300 m
ContainerMission H. Humbert - Plantes de Madagascar (3° voyage) - 1928
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/4412cbf0-4d41-4bcc-ba16-d06864b6866a
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01154489
HerbariumA
FamilyMenispermaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Rhaptonema swinglei Kundu & S. Guha
Verified byOrmerod, Paul Abel
Date Determined2016-05-11
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Taxon Reference(for Rhaptonema swinglei Kundu & S. Guha) Bot. Not. 1976. 129(3): 129.
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed

ClassificationEuphorbiaceae: Acalypha
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01154497
Type StatusIsosyntype
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5385
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityDelta de la Linta (Cote Sud-Ouest)
Date Collected1928-08-24 - 1928-08-28
Elevation1 - 10 m
HabitatSables
ContainerMission H. Humbert - Plantes de Madagascar (3° voyage) - 1928
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/db8e1796-256f-4699-8d13-db14b55d3126
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01154497
HerbariumA
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Type Status Isosyntype
Isosyntype of Acalypha linearis Léandri
Verified byOrmerod, Paul Abel
Date Determined2016-05-11
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Taxon Reference(for Acalypha linearis Léandri) Notul. Syst. (Paris) 1942. 10: 275.
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationEbenaceae: Diospyros
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01154501
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5391
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityDu Lac Manampetsotsa au delta de la LInta [Cote Sud-Ouest)
Date Collected1928-08-17 - 1928-08-24
Elevation1 - 10 m
HabitatSables
ContainerMission H. Humbert - Plantes de Madagascar (3° voyage) - 1928
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2b4400f9-bd6a-4bb2-adde-6228b266301c
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01154501
HerbariumA
FamilyEbenaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Diospyros myrtifolia H. Perrier
Verified byOrmerod, Paul Abel
Date Determined2016-05-11
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Taxon Reference(for Diospyros myrtifolia H. Perrier) Mém. Inst. Sci. Madagascar, Sér. B, Biol. Vég. 1952. 4: 114.
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationBoraginaceae: Ehretia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01154503
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5517
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityEnvirons d'Ampanihy (Extrême Sud)
Date Collected1928-08-30 - 1928-09-07
Elevation200 - 300 m
ContainerMission H. Humbert - Plantes de Madagascar (3° voyage) - 1928
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d6caa5c1-d6d1-4513-a13b-ec990f5d5b58
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01154503
HerbariumA
FamilyBoraginaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Ehretia australis J. S. Miller
Verified byOrmerod, Paul Abel
Date Determined2016-05-11
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Taxon Reference(for Ehretia australis J. S. Miller) Adansonia 2002. ser. 3, 24(2):143.
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationBombacaceae: Perrierophytum
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01154991
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5409
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityDu Lac Manampetsotsa au delta de la Linta (Cote Sud-Ouest)
Date Collected1928-08-17 - 1928-08-24
Elevation1 - 10 m
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/c45e8e88-d434-46d6-b073-d375c465d830
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01154991
HerbariumA
FamilyMalvaceae
Determination Malvaceae
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyBombacaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Perrierophytum humbertii Hochreutiner
Verified byDorr, Laurence J.
Date Determined2016
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Taxon Reference(for Perrierophytum humbertii Hochreutiner) Candollea 1932. 5: 14.
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationEuphorbiaceae: Acalypha
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01097245
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5405
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityDelta De La Linta (Cote Sud-Ouest)
Date Collected1928-08-24 - 1928-08-28
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/0ee09016-da21-4003-b045-9a9225e1ca18
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01097245
HerbariumA
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Acalypha sp.
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed

ClassificationEuphorbiaceae: Acalypha
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01097253
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5640
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityEnvirons d'Ambovombe (Extreme Sud)
Date Collected1928-09-09
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/0e6f1b5c-7dc4-475f-ac0f-bb37720e4704
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01097253
HerbariumA
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Acalypha sp.
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed

ClassificationCrassulaceae: Kalanchoe
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01991013
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5412
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityDu Lac Manapetsotsa au delta de la Linta (Cote Sub-Ouest)
Date Collected1928-08-17 - 1928-08-24
Verbatim Elevation1-10 m.
Habitatsables
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/51b48bc7-0f84-4f25-a74e-4a2bbf56a489
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01991013
HerbariumA
FamilyCrassulaceae
Determination Kalanchoe scandens H. Perrier
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationCrassulaceae: Kalanchoe
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01991015
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5667
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityBassin Inferieur de Mandrare: Environs de Behara
Date Collected1928-09-10 - 1928-09-13
Verbatim Elevation20-100 m.
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/561d9754-b54e-48b1-ac84-46f053bbfbb1
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01991015
HerbariumA
FamilyCrassulaceae
Determination Kalanchoe verticillata Scott Elliott
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
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ClassificationCoelocarpum: Verbenaceae
Classification 1Clerodendrum: Verbenaceae
Classification 2Coelocarpum: Verbenaceae
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)02516622
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5350
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityDu lac Manampetsotsa au delta de La Linta (Cote Sud-Ouest)
Date Collected1928-08-17 - 1928-08-24
ContainerMission H. Humbert - Plantes de Madagascar (3° voyage) - 1928
ProjectAfrica TCN
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/34f23236-49fe-445c-bb40-0c362e349815
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode02516622
HerbariumA
Previous ownership[ex] Smithsonian Institution; The United States National Herbarium
FamilyVerbenaceae
Determination Coelocarpum madagascariense Scott Elliot
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
FamilyVerbenaceae
Determination Clerodendrum sp.
Determination Remarks[0]
FamilyVerbenaceae
Determination Coelocarpum madagascariense Scott Elliot
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
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ClassificationAcanthaceae: Crossandra
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)02527023
CollectorJ.-H. Humbert & C. F. Swingle
Collector number5482
CountryMadagascar
GeographyAfrica: Africa (Region) (Region): Madagascar
LocalityDelta de la Linta (Cote Sud-ouest)
Date Collected1928-08-24 - 1928-08-28
Verbatim Elevation0-1 m.
ContainerMission H. Humbert - Plantes de Madagascar (3e voyage) -1928
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/219a86f6-93ea-4328-8c48-3b37430f109b
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode02527023
HerbariumA
FamilyAcanthaceae
Determination Crossandra longipes S. Moore
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
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