Botanical Name

Chiococca alba (L.) Hitchc. [Rubiaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collection Date-s

1780 – 1848

Collection Location

ex Ins. St. Crucis [U. S. Virgin Islands]

Colonial Context

Danish West Indies 1672–1917

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Chiococca foliis lanceolato-ovatis

Ownership and Collection Management History

mis. Benzon; ex herb. Martin Vahl; mounted with NHMD00924963 [conflicting information - P.E. Benzon did not arrive in DWI before 1816 and Martin Vahl died in 1804]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

NHMD00924964

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY-NC 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)