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839: Hedyotis scandens Roxb.

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Entry: 839
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Hedyotis scandens, Roxb.

Taxon: Hedyotis scandens
Authority: Roxb.
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Collection: 839.1: Hedyotis scandens Roxb.
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Sillet M. R Smith
Location:Sylhet (Sillet)

Location

Name: Sylhet (Sillet)

Standard Name: Sylhet

Country: Bangladesh (BD)

Note

Collector/Herbarium: Herb. Hamilton, Bruce, De Silva, Smith.

Some specimens are marked 'Sillet', others 'montes Sillet' or 'mont. Sillet'. Montes Sillet indicates the Khasi Hills, in Assam. Specimens marked only 'Sillet' (or 'Sylhet' etc) can be from either the Khasi Hills or from Bengal/Bangladesh.
 

Collector:Smith, M.R. (MRS)

Collector

Name: Smith, M.R. (MRS)

Standard Name: Smith, M.R.

Note

Matthew Richard Smith, magistrate at Sylhet (Bangladesh?), made plant collections in Sylhet and neighbouring districts.

Check: Dictionary of British and Irish botanists and horticulturists 638. 1994 (brief biography): b. Henton St George, Somerset 22 June 1749 d. Sylhet, India 14 July 1819. Magistrate, Pundua, Sylhet, where he had a garden of native plants. Sent plants to Botanic Garden, Calcutta. Collected in Bengal, 1810-16/

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Associated Specimen Herbarium Stable URI
K001110032 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001110032
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Collection: 839.2: Hedyotis scandens Roxb.
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Chittagong, H. Bruce
Location:Chittagong (Islamabad)

Location

Name: Chittagong (Islamabad)

Standard Name: Chittagong

Country: Bangladesh (BD)

Note

Historically referred to as Islamabad, and Hamilton uses this name. Other people that collected here were Mahmud, Jenkins and Bruce - they used the name Chittagong.

Collector/Herbarium: Herb. Hamilton, Mahmud, Jenkins, Bruce

Collector:Bruce, H. (HB, H. Br.)

Collector

Name: Bruce, H. (HB, H. Br.)

Standard Name: Bruce, H.

Note

Henry Bruce. Plant collector for Wallich (Sylhet and Chittagong).

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Associated Specimen Herbarium Stable URI
K001110033 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001110033
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Collection: 839.C: Hedyotis scandens Roxb.
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Hed. scandens H Ham. e Tirhut
Location:Tirhut

Location

Name: Tirhut

Standard Name: Tirhut

Modern Name: Tirhut

Country: India (IN)

Note

Collector/Herbarium: Herb. Hamilton

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Associated Specimen Herbarium Stable URI
K001110034 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001110034