758: Rhododendron lepidotum Wall.

Entry: 758
Page: 22
Rhododendr. lepidotum, Wall. in Herb. 1824
Taxon: Rhododendron lepidotum
Authority: Wall.
Specimens: 2 Show ▼ Hide ▲
Herbarium Specimen Barcode Stable URI
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh(E) E00010166 http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00010166
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh(E) E00314493 http://data.rbge.org.uk/herb/E00314493
Collection: 758.1: Rhododendron lepidotum Wall.
Page: 22
Mont. summae Napaliae 1821
Location: Nepal
Nepal ~ Nepal
,  Gosain Than
Gosain Than ~ Nepal
Collector: Wallich, N.

Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854)

Superintendent at the EIC's Botanic Garden at Sibpur, near Calcutta, India.

Year: 1821
Note: On page 235, Wallich adds extra collection information 'lege Mt summae Napaliae et ad Goss. Than'.
Specimens: 2 Show ▼ Hide ▲
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Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)(K-W) K001111805 http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001111805
Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)(K-W) K001111806 http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001111806
Collection: 758.A*: Rhododendron lepidotum Wall.
Page: 235
lege Mt summae Napaliae et ad Goss. Than
Note: This is extra information for collection 758.1
Specimens: 0
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Collection: 758.2: Rhododendron lepidotum Wall.
Page: 22
Gossain Than
Location: Bhuddrinath

Badrinath (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.

Note: Although initially given as 'Gossain Than', on page 235 Wallich change the collection locality as 'Buddhrinath, R[obert] B[linkworth]'. On the same page he combines material from 'Gossain Than' with material from 'Montes summae Napaliae' under 758.1.
Specimens: 1 Show ▼ Hide ▲
Herbarium Specimen Barcode Stable URI
Royal Botanic Garden Kew (Wallich)(K-W) K001111807 http://specimens.kew.org/herbarium/K001111807
Collection: 758.B*: Rhododendron lepidotum Wall.
Page: 235
lege Bhuddrinath RB.
Note: Wallich replaces the original Collection information with material from Bhuddrinath collected by Robert Blinkworth.
Specimens: 0
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Collection: 758.C: Rhododendron lepidotum Wall.
Page: 235
Rhodod. Bairopatium HHam. ex Himalaya
Location: Himalaya
Himalaya ~ India
Herbarium: Buchanan-Hamilton's herbarium

A large collection by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton (1762-1829), largely from his survey of the Bengal Presidency (1807-1814), but also from Calcutta Botanic Garden.

Specimens: 0
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