Botanical Name

Alternanthera pungens Kunth [Amaranthaceae]

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 1663–2015

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On back of sheet: 193 Illecebrum (achyrantha hirsuta m: crossed out) obliquum m: Collect: Guin:
D.Th. ad Ashyranthes? fol: obovato - spathulatis obtusis cum mucrone flavescente spinoso
petiolatis ternis quorum duo minores supra subhirsutis infra glabris vagulosis margine
subciliato. caule hirsuto flores glomerati axillares.

On sheet: Alternanthera Achyrantha vel sp. proxima

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 56 I 1-2

Illecebrum obliquum Schumach. and Thonn. SYNTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 142 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 193

Common Names

Samangkama [Schumacher/Thonning]

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 21:] "It is a dangerous weed on footpaths and cultivated places; especially for the natives who go bare foot. Th."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004021

C10004021

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)