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Volume 62, Issue 2, December 2020

Articles

Hoya edeni (Apocynaceae: Asclepiadoideae): Notes on its Overlooked First Drawing, Original Material at CAL and Etymology

https://doi.org/10.20324/nelumbo/v62/2020/156896

Published 2020-12-31

  • Gopal Krishna
    • ,
  • Avishek Bhattacharjee
    • ,
  • K. Karthigeyan

Gopal Krishna
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah 711103

Avishek Bhattacharjee
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah 711103

K. Karthigeyan
Central National Herbarium, Botanical Survey of India, Howrah 711103

Abstract

The overlooked first drawing of Hoya edeni King ex Hook.f., its one isolectotype and seven more specimens collected by Sir George King before publishing the name have been traced at CAL. A note on its etymology is also provided.

Keywords

Archival Drawing, Ashley Eden, Central National Herbarium, Isolectotype.

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References

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