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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCyperaceae: Fimbristylis
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00283986
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorWilliam Ferguson
Collector number3943
CountrySri Lanka
GeographyAsia: India (Region): Sri Lanka
Locality[Colombo]
Date Collected1867-04-**
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d1e24fa8-d67b-4481-84fd-56a0b54244d0
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00283986
HerbariumGH
FamilyCyperaceae
Type Status Isolectotype
Isolectotype of Fimbristylis aestivalis var. major Trimen
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2009
Determination RemarksTrimen cited "Fimbristylis dichotoma Nees" in synonymy, which is a reference to Nees von Esenbeck's treatment of Cyperaceae in Wight's Contr. Bot. India 1834. On pages 101-102, under F. dichotoma Vahl, Nees gave a description which validates Trimen's name, and also cited Wallich 3516a, which is therefore a Syntype.
Taxon Reference(for Fimbristylis aestivalis var. major Trimen) Syst. Cat. Fl. Pl. Ceylon 1885. 101.
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Fimbristylis aestivalis subsp. major (Trimen) Koyama
Determined byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2009
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyCyperaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Fimbristylis aestivalis Vahl
Determined byH. K. Svenson
Date Determined1928
Annotation TextH.K.S.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[collector, date, and locality from Revis. Handb. Fl. Ceylon [Dassanayake]5: 313. 1985]

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