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1626: Wrightia coccinea Wall.

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Entry: 1626
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Wrightia coccinea Wall. Nerium Roxb.

Taxon: Wrightia coccinea
Authority: Wall.
Notes: Further work is needed to compare with the publication of Wrightia coccinea Sims to see if Wallich made a mistake here.
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Collection: 1626.1: Wrightia coccinea Wall.
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Sillet FD.
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: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.

Associated Specimen Herbarium Stable URI
K001113631 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001113631
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Collection: 1626.2: Wrightia coccinea Wall.
Page: 44
HBC.
Associated Specimen Herbarium Stable URI
K001113632 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001113632
K001113633 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001113633