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976: Camellia oleifera Wall.

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Camellia ? oleifolia, Wall

Taxon: Camellia oleifera
Authority: Wall.
WFO ID: wfo-0000582552  Loading ...
Notes: Wallich writes Camellia oleifolia instead of Camellia oleifera.
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Collection: 976.[1]: Camellia oleifera Wall.
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Pundua, DeS.
Location:Pundua (Pundua, Pundooah)

Location

Name: Pundua (Pundua, Pundooah)

Standard Name: Pundua

Modern Name: Companiganj

Country: Bangladesh (BD)

Note

All specimens marked Pundua come from the hills north of Pundua. The locality given as Pundua is probably close to modern-day Companiganj, not to be confused with Panduah in West Bengal.

Collector/Herbarium: Smith, De Silva

Collector:De Silva, F. (FD, F. DS, DeS, Fr. DeS)

Collector

Name: De Silva, F. (FD, F. DS, DeS, Fr. DeS)

Standard Name: De Silva, F.

Note

Francis De Silva. Plant collector for Wallich in Nepal, Sylhet, Pundua.

Goan Indo-Portugese assistant-botanist and collector atthe Garden in Calcutta, sent to collect at Pundoa, Sylhet, NE Bangladesh

His father was a collector for Roxburgh.

WFO ID: wfo-0000582552  Loading ...
Associated Specimen Herbarium Stable URI
K001110472 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001110472
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Collection: 976.B: Camellia oleifera Wall.
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Camellia Chamgota H Ham. Sillet
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.
 

WFO ID: wfo-0000582552  Loading ...
Associated Specimen Herbarium Stable URI
K001110473 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001110473