Botanical Name

Jacquemontia tamnifolia (L.) Griseb. [Convolvulaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peter Thonning

Collection Date-s

1799 – 1803

Collection Location

southern part of the country [Ghana]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2126

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Label1: Hb. Hornemann Ipomoea capitata Choisy Ip. tamnifolia L. F. Didr. Convolvulus guineensis
volubilis fol: ovata cordatis acuminatis subtus glabris calycibus villoso - hirsutis in capitulo
folioso corollis glabris Th. e Guinea d: Dom Thonning.

Label2: Jacquemontia tamnifolia (L.) Griseb. Determined by Kenneth R. Robertson Missouri Botanical
Garden 1970

Convolvulus guineensis Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 90 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 190; ex herb. Jens W. Hornemann

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

"Perhaps it is the same plant which is in Vahl's herbarium under the name of C. ciliatus sent by Rohr from Cayenne." (Hepper 1976 p. 49)

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003616

C10003616

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)