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Pfaffia townsendii T.M.Pedersen [family AMARANTHACEAE]

Date Updated: 22 June 2009

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K), K000195208
Collection
Herbarium Specimens
Resource Type
Specimens
Collector
H. S. Irwin et al., #12611
Collection Date
11-02-1966
Locality
20km W of Veadeiros Goias
Country
Brazil (Brazil)
Collection altitude
1000
Identifications
Pfaffia townsendii T.M.Pedersen [family AMARANTHACEAE] (stored under name); Verified by T. M. Pedersen, Pfaffia lanata (Poir.) Gib. [family AMARANTHACEAE]; Verified by K. Becker,
Notes
Diffusely branched shrub ca, 1m tall. Flowers white. Infrequent. Outcrop. Rocky slopes and wet campo. This is not far from being the poorest specimen of the lotand I am only selecting it as type to avoid complications for Kew because of the Brazilian regulations, which require foreign collectors to deposit the holotype of any new taxon in a Brazilian herbarium. As this is a duplicate sent out from NY under a wrong name, I do not consider myself bound by these ridiculous regulations and under these circumstances both Kew&New York cannot be held responsible. Jan 9th 1988 T.M. Pedersen
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