Botanical Name

Ctenium canescens Benth. [Poaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peter Thonning

Collection Date-s

1799 – 1803

Collection Location

southern part of the country [Ghana]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–2124

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. HORN. Campuloa tricorys Trinii Herb. var. distachÿa Trin. in litt. e Guinea -
Thonning. Cÿnosurus penicillatus? 366. e Guinea Ded. Thonning Chloris pulchra Schum. Ctenium
americanum Spr. distachyum.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 19 II 7 - III 1

Chloris pulchra Schumach. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 56 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 366; dedit Peter Thonning; ex herb. Jens W. Hornemann

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

"The Guinea plant is not at all different from the Indian." (Hepper 1976 p. 145)

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003526

C10003526

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)