Isotype of Silene burchellii Otth. var. gillettii Turrill [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]

Herbarium
Swedish Museum of Natural History Department of Botany (S), S-G-8715
Collection
Herbarium Specimens
Resource Type
Specimens
Collector
Gillett, J.B., #14281
Collection Date
1952/11/16
Locality
Mega, hill north of the Consulate
Country
Ethiopia (Ethiopia)
Collection altitude
2042m
Identifications
Isotype of Silene burchellii Otth. var. gillettii Turrill [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE] (stored under name)
Silene [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Silene gillettii (Turrill) M.G.Gilbert [family CARYOPHYLLACEAE]
Notes
[Text as on label:] [Partly printed label:] EX HERB. HORT. BOT. REG. KEW. Kenya-Ethiopia Boundary Commision 1952-53 [determination] Coll. J. B. Gillett, No. 14281 16. 11. 1952 [Typewritten label:] 14281 [determination] Mega; hill N. of consulate. 16.11.1952. alt.6700 ft. Grassland, where Juniper forest degraded. On both lava and sandstone. Corolla limb pale pinkish cream, tube greenish cream, calyx red veined. Occasional. [Printed label:] MEGA, S. Ethiopia, 4º 5' N. × 38º 20' E. Mountain up to c. 2200 m. Partly lava with black clay soil and open grassland, partly sandstone with red sandy soil and Juniperus forest largely degraded to Dodonaea, etc. scrub and Cunodon, etc. sward; some cultivation. Rainfall (av. of 4 years) 515 mm.; much additional moisture from low cloud.
Pages
1
Data last modified
2008-04-24
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