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 1663–2016

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On back of sheet: HB. HORN. Illecebrum achÿranta e guinea d: Dom: Thonning

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 56 I 3-4

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

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 193; ex herb. Jens W. Hornemann

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

C10004022

C10004022

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)