Botanical Name

Boerhavia erecta L. [Nyctaginaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peder E. Benzon

Collection Date-s

1816 – 1845

Collection Location

St. Croix [U. S. Virgin Islands]

Colonial Context

Danish West Indies 1672–1917

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Boerhavia erecta L.; ver. A. Heimerl; Boerhavia erecta variet multiflora - forsan acra species

Ownership and Collection Management History

ex herb. C. F. Schumacher

Common Names

Erect spiderling [English]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

NHMD00924979

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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