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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationEuphorbiaceae: Omphalea
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00048472
Other NumberNew Guinea Forces/Forests, Lae: NGF 45083 [series]
Type StatusPossible Isoneotype
CollectorA. Kairo & H. Streimann
CountryPapua New Guinea
StateMorobe
GeographyOceania: Papuasia (Region): Papua New Guinea: Morobe: Bulolo: Wau
LocalitySawmill L.A., 2 miles northwest of Bulolo, 2300 feet
Georeference-7.15, 146.65 Method: Unknown
Date Collected1970-08-03
Elevation701 m
HabitatEdge of secondary forest
ContainerFlora of New Guinea, Clemens Expedition
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/fa027189-e119-474f-abc3-ac21365c39e7
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00048472
HerbariumA
Previous ownershipex LAE
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Type StatusPossible Isoneotype
Possible Isoneotype of Omphalea papuana Pax & K. Hoffmann
Verified byL. J. Gillespie (DAV)
Date Determined1989-01-**
Determination Remarks" The holotype of O. papuana, Peekel 131, from New Ireland (Pax & Hoffmann 1914), is no longer extant at B (Gillespie 1988). . . .[Gillespie] proposed a neotype for O. papuana Pax & K. Hoffm. that will be formally designated by her in due course." (fide H. C. F. Hopkins, Kew Bulletin 55: 109 - 122. 2000. 1988 was the date of Gillespie's Ph.D. thesis at UC Davis.
Taxon Reference(for Omphalea papuana Pax & K. Hoffmann) Pflanzenr. [Engler] 1914. 4, Fam. 147, Addit. 5: 419.
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Omphalea gageana (Pax & K. Hoffmann) Airy Shaw
Determination Remarks [label name] [current name]
Annotation Text[as] Omphalea gagneana
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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