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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationRubiaceae: Retiniphyllum
Classification 1Rubiaceae: Commianthus
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00139029
Type StatusType
CollectorR. Spruce
Collector number3048
CountryBrazil
GeographySouth America: Brazil
LocalitySan Carlos, Rio Negro
Date Collected1853
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/8556b110-9761-437c-9a74-c70def939c7d
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00139029
HerbariumGH
FamilyRubiaceae
Determination Retiniphyllum pilosum (Spruce ex Bentham) Müller Argoviensis
Determined byR. Cortes
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
FamilyRubiaceae
Type Status Type
Type of Commianthus pilosus Spruce ex Bentham
Taxon Reference(for Commianthus pilosus Spruce ex Bentham) Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 1853. 5: 233.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [191MB]
Full Quality [27MB]
RemarksAnnotated as isolectotype by R. Coretes, but ined as of May 2003. Original publications states, "A small shrub, with flesh-coloured flowers, found by Mr. Spruce in the Paatingas, near San Gabriel, on the Rio Negro". = Retiniphyllum pilosum (Spruce ex Benth.) Mull. Arg., det. R. Cortes, 2003.

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