Botanical Name

Saccharum spontaneum L. [Poaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

John Ryan

Collection Date-s

1780 – 1808

Collection Location

[Latin America]

Colonial Context

Danish West Indies 1672–1917

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Saccharum spontaneum americanum m.; [Saccharum] Thunbergii inflorescentia convenit H[erb]. V[ahl]. differt vero specim: Vahlii foliis latioribus

Ownership and Collection Management History

ex herb. Salomon Drejer

Common Names

Wild sugarcane [English]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

NHMD00925016

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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