678: Pyrus kamounensis Wall.

Entry: 678
Page: 20
Pyrus Kamounensis, Wall. in Herb. 1824
Taxon: Pyrus kamounensis
Authority: Wall.
Specimens: 1 Show ▼ Hide ▲
Herbarium Specimen Barcode Stable URI
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh(E) E00144229 http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00144229
Collection: 678.1: Pyrus kamounensis Wall.
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Kamaon, RB.
Location: Kumaon
Kumaon ~ India
Collector: Blinkworth, R.

Robert Blinkworth

Plant collector for Nathaniel Wallich. His name is frequently abbreviated as "RB" or "Rt. B". Collected extensively in Kumaon in 1826 and 1827. Transferred to Saharanpur Botanic Garden in 1839, where he took charge of the tea plantations at Kumaon.

Specimens: 2 Show ▼ Hide ▲
Herbarium Specimen Barcode Stable URI
Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)(K-W) K001111575 http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001111575
Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)(K-W) K001111576 http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001111576
Collection: 678.2: Pyrus kamounensis Wall.
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Sirmore, Dr Govan.
Location: Sirmore
Sirmore ~ India
Collector: Govan, G.

George Govan (1787-1865)

Surgeon to the East India Company. First Superintendent of Saharanpur Botanical Gardens 1819-1821. Collections from the Himalayas, esp. Sirmore and Kumaon.

Specimens: 1 Show ▼ Hide ▲
Herbarium Specimen Barcode Stable URI
Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)(K-W) K001111577 http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001111577