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5111: Dioscorea laurifolia Wall.

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Entry: 5111
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Dioscorea laurifolia Wall.

Taxon: Dioscorea laurifolia
Authority: Wall.
IPNI: 318165-1
WFO ID: wfo-0000391821  Loading ...
Notes: See comment under 5112 which shows that Wallich's annotation is just to indicate that entries 5111 and 5112 are out of order, but the data that goes with each entry remains the same.
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Collection: 5111.[A]: Dioscorea laurifolia Wall.
Page: 179
Penang G. Porter
Location:Penang (Pulo Penang)

Location

Name: Penang (Pulo Penang)

Standard Name: Penang

Country: Malaysia (MY)

Note

Collector/Herbarium: Wallich, Porter, Jack

Collector:Porter, G. (GP, Geo. Porter, Giorgius Porter)

Collector

Name: Porter, G. (GP, Geo. Porter, Giorgius Porter)

Standard Name: Porter, G.

Note

George Porter (1800-1849)

Overseer at Calcutta Botanic Garden. Accompanied Wallich to Penang to establish a botanical garden in 1822. Initially worked as schoolmaster at Penang Free School. When the botanic garden opened he became Superintendent of Penang Botanic Gardens (1823-1834. Sent plants to Wallich from Malaysia.

WFO ID: wfo-0000391821  Loading ...
Associated Specimen Herbarium Stable URI
K001104831 Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001104831