Botanical Name

Indigofera subulata Vahl ex Poir. [Fabaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

Peter Thonning

Collection Date-s

1799 – 1803

Collection Location

Labodei to Ursue [Ghana: Greater Accra Region; between Labadi and Osu]

Colonial Context

Danish Gold Coast of Africa 1663–1856

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: Indigofera subulata Vahl. I. Thonningii Schum. J.L./1875

On label: Indigofera debilis foliol: 3 ovatis racemis subspicatis foliis longioribus leguminibus subulatis reflexis caule subherbaceo prostrato. e Guinea Th.

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 57 III 4

Remark: The data on the locality is taken from Hepper F.N. (1976) The West African Herbaria of Isert and Thonning

Indigofera thonningii Schumach. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 366 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 45

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

cf. also Encycl. Méthod. Bot. Suppl. 3: 150 (1813).

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004079

C10004079

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)