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Index of Botanical Publications


TitleRevised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon
AbbreviationRevis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon [Dassanayake]
AuthorsM. D. Dassanayake: F. R. Fosberg
Publication Dates1980+
Place of publicationNew Delhi, India
PublisherPubl. for Smithsonian Inst. & Natl.Sci.Found. by Amerind Co.
ISBN9061910633 (set)
RemarksRevision of H. Trimen's Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon, 1893-1900. [a project] sponsored jointly by the University of Peradeniya, Department of Agriculture, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, and the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. ; general editor, M. D. Dassanayake ; editorial board, M. D. Dassanayake and F. R. Fosberg. Sponsoring bodies vary. Members of editorial board vary. Replaces and continues the Revised handbook published in two fascicles under the editorship of B.A.A. Abeywickrama, 1973. Vols. <13-> published: Rotterdam, Netherlands ; Brookfield, VT, USA : A.A. Balkema. Maps on lining papers, . TT78-52029/01-04. Family index to volumes 1-14 tipped in each volume.

The Harvard University Herbaria hold 3 type specimens of taxa described in this publication

Alphonsea hortensis H. Huber [Isotype] 1985, 5: 28
Psychotria glandulifera var. trimenii Sohmer [Isotype] 1988, 6: 335
Paramignya monophylla var. obtusa B. C. Stone [Isotype] 1985, 5: 469

The Harvard University Herbaria hold 7 type specimens of taxa cited in this publication

Pandanus thwaitesii Martelli [Isolectotype (Isolectotype designation)] 1981, 3: 319
Croton persimilis Müller Argoviensis [Isolectotype (Isolectotype designation)] 1997, 11: 92
Macraea myrtifolia Wight [Isolectotype (Isolectotype designation)] 1997, 11: 211
Macraea myrtifolia Wight [Isolectotype (Isolectotype designation)] 1997, 11: 211
Scleria lithosperma var. roxburghii C. B. Clarke [Lectotype] 1985, 5: 353
Adenanthera bicolor Moon ex Thwaites [Lectotype ("type," followed by Nielsen & Guinet (Nordic. J. Bot. 12: 94. 1992))] 1980, 1: 471
Grumilea stenophylla Thwaites [Isolectotype] 1987, 6: 341

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