Botanical Name

Cleome rutidosperma DC. [Capparaceae]

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 1663–2129

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Label1: Hb. Vahl Cleome ciliata Thonning e guinea

Label2: Cleome ciliata Sch. et Th. ! 1914. det. E. Gilg. et Benedict.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 21 I 2

Cleome ciliata Schumach. and Thonn. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 294 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 115; ex herb. Martin Vahl

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

"In my herbarium is a plant sent from East India by König under the name of Meyera triphylla which is exactly like the Guinea plant here described. S." (Hepper 1976 p. 36)

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003555

C10003555

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)