Botanical Name

Capparis erythrocarpos Isert [Capparaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1786

Collection Location

Accra [Ghana]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1885

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Label1: Capparis erythrocarpos n.d. L. Accra Guinea 1786.

Label2: Leg. Isert.

Label3: Capparis erythrocarpa Isert ! 1914 det. E. Gilg. et Benedict.

Label4: This is the specimen which is pictured in Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Schrift. IX 1789: t. 9

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 14 I 3

Type Status: Capparis erythrocarpos Isert HOLOTYPE. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 9: 334 (1789)

Common Names

Petipeti; Abaumba (fruit) [Schumacher/Thonning]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003464

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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