Botanical Name

Celosia isertii C.C. Townsend [Amaranthaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Paul E. Isert

Collection Date-s

1785

Collection Location

Whydah [Benin: Ouidah]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1892

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

Label1: Celosia pentagynia n.d. Lecta Whydah Guineae 1785.

Label2: Leg. Isert

Label3: Celosia isertii C.C. Townsend sp. n. (C. laxa auctt. mult. non S.& T.) Holotypus! Det. C.C.
Townsend 24.10 1972

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 17 I 1

Type Status: Celosia isertii C.C. Towns. HOLOTYPE. Icon. Pl. 38(2): 57. t. 3736 (1975)

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10003498

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

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