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1686: Polygonum polystachyum Wall.

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Entry: 1686
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Polygonum polystachium Wall.

Taxon: Polygonum polystachyum
Authority: Wall.
WFO ID: wfo-0000489108  Loading ...
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Collection: 1686.1: Polygonum polystachyum Wall.
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Kamaon RB.
Location:Kumaon (Kamaon, Kumaun, Kamaonensis, Kamounensis)

Location

Name: Kumaon (Kamaon, Kumaun, Kamaonensis, Kamounensis)

Standard Name: Kumaon

Country: India (IN)

Note

Collector/Herbarium: Blinkworth, Colquhoun

Collector:Blinkworth, R. (RB, Rt. B)

Collector

Name: Blinkworth, R. (RB, Rt. B)

Standard Name: Blinkworth, R.

Note

Plant collector at Calcutta Botanic Garden until 1839 when he was transferred to Saharanpur BG, where he took charge of the tea plantations at Kumaon. 1826/7 Kumaon and other areas of Uttarakund, Himalchal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir.

1835- Collector of plants for the H.C's Gardens.; 1840--Superintendent of Tea Nurseries, Almora.; 1844--He was Head Gardener, Secundra; 1845--He was a Gardener.at Almorah.

 

WFO ID: wfo-0000489108  Loading ...
Associated Specimen Herbarium Stable URI
K001113856 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001113856
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Collection: 1686.2: Polygonum polystachyum Wall.
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Sirmore D. Govan & Gerard
Location:Sirmore (Sermore)

Location

Name: Sirmore (Sermore)

Standard Name: Sirmore

Modern Name: Sirmour

Country: India (IN)

Note

Collector/Herbarium: Gerard, Govan, Webb.

Collector:Gerard, P.

Collector

Name: Gerard, P.

Standard Name: Gerard, P.

Note

Patrick Gerard (1794-1848), d. Simla. Officer in Bengal Army. Collected plants in the Western Himalayas with his brothers James Gilbert Gerard and Alexander Gerard. The three brothers also made valuable contributions to geographical science.

 - Govan, G. (Dr. Govan, G. Govan MD)

Collector

Name: Govan, G. (Dr. Govan, G. Govan MD)

Standard Name: Govan, G.

Note

George Govan (1787-1865)

Surgeon to the East India Company. Superintendent of Saharanpur Botanical Gardens. Collections from the Himalayas, esp. Sirmore and Kumaon. First plant collector to penetrate Sabathu Hills near Simla in 1817.

WFO ID: wfo-0000489108  Loading ...
Associated Specimen Herbarium Stable URI
K001113857 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001113857
K001113858 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001113858