Botanical Name

Gossypium hirsutum L. [Malvaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

[John Ryan]

Collection Date-s

1780 – 1808

Collection Location

circa Tranquebarem [India]

Colonial Context

Danish India 1620–1869

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Gossypium religiosum potius hirsutum; Gossypium indicum HB. V[ahl].; det. Martin Vahl

Ownership and Collection Management History

ex herb. C. F. Schumacher [probably part of Von Rohr's collection of cotton specimens of which John Ryan may have had duplicates]

Common Names

upland cotton [English]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

NHMD00924836

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY-NC 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)