Pupalia lappacea (L.) Juss. [Amaranthaceae]

Item

Botanical Name
Pupalia lappacea (L.) Juss. [Amaranthaceae]
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 1663–2010
Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status
On sheet(scrips.Schum.): Desmochaeta mollis 163 Achyranthes scandens cfr: echinata mollis. m:
Collect: Guin. D. Th. non Ach: scandens roxb: alia plant

On label: Pupalia lappacea (L:) Juss. Det. F.N. Hepper 9. 1966

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 2 II 4-5

Achyranthes mollis Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 137 (1827)
Ownership and Collection Management History
Thonning 163
Common Names
Mem'lemeté [Schumacher/Thonning]
Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge
[Hepper (1976) p. 23:] "From the whole plant an ash-dye is prepared which natives use for painting blue. Th."
Source
Herbarium C NHMD
NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number
C10003288
C10003288
Copyright Owner
Natural History Museum of Denmark
Copyright License
CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)

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