Botanical Name

Tacca leontopetaloides (L.) Kuntze [Taccaceae]

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 1663–2017

Annotations Determinations and Type Specimen Status

On sheet: HB. HORN. Tacca pinnatifolia e Guinea d: Dom: Thonning

On label: Seen for Revised Edition of F.W.T.A

IDC microfiche foto: Isert et Thonning nr. 106 I 3-4

Tacca involucrata Schumach. and Thonn. HOLOTYPE. Beskr. Guineiske Pl.: 177 (1827)

Ownership and Collection Management History

Thonning 293; ex herb. Jens W. Hornemann

Historical Cultural and Traditional Knowledge

[Hepper (1976) p. 157:] "The root is not eaten by the natives."

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

C10004632

C10004632

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)