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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationRosaceae: Pygeum
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00273370
Other NumberNew Guinea Forces/Forests, Lae: NGF 1736 [series]
CollectorH. E. Dadswell, L. S. Smith & C. T. White
CountryPapua New Guinea
StateMorobe
GeographyOceania: Papuasia (Region): Papua New Guinea: Morobe
LocalityLae, Territory of NG and LAE
Date Collected1944-08-**
Elevation7 m
Habitatin rain forest
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/14814cd3-bf29-4c75-b91e-d33b0ac63c37
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00273370
HerbariumA
FamilyRosaceae
Determination Pygeum platyphyllum K. Schumann
Determined byA. G. Floyd
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyRosaceae
Determination Pygeum sp.
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item RemarksCollected: wood, leaves, flowers.
Remarksrecurved, undulate sharply contracted near the base to form short wings on the upper margins of the petiole. Flowers white, male, in dense axillary spikes, stamens incurved in bud, exserted at maturity, petals about as long as the calyx lobes.

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