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Rottboellia exaltata L.f.; original illustration from FWTA

Date Updated: 27 June 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa, original illustrations
Resource Type
Drawings
Creator
Trevithick, W. E.
Date
1954-01-01
Source
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England, UK
Relation
Flora of West Tropical Africa Illustrations, FWTA 2nd edition; vol. 3, pt. 2; p. 508; fig. 461
Attribution
Illustrator's copyright
Description
Rottboellia exaltata L.f.; original illustration from FWTA. This tall annual is found in fallow land, particularly where fertility is high. It has been collected in Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), Ghana, Dahomey (Benin), Northern Nigeria (Nigeria), Southern Nigeria (Nigeria), West Cameroon (Cameroon) and Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea). It can be found throughout the Old World tropics and in the West Indies (Hutchinson & Dalziel, 1972).
Identifier
KFWT00000180
Collection name
Flora of West Tropical Africa, original illustrations
Plant name
Rottboellia exaltata L.f. [family POACEAE]
Plant part
Entire plant
Pages
1

Date Updated: 12 April 2006

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa, original illustrations
Resource Type
drawing
Creator
Trevithick, W. E.
Date
19540101
Source
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England, UK
Relation
Flora of West Tropical Africa Illustrations, FWTA 2nd edition; vol. 3, pt. 2; p508; fig. 461
Attribution
Illustrator's copyright
Description
Rottboellia exaltata L.f.; original illustration from FWTA. This tall annual is found in fallow land, particularly where fertility is high. It has been collected in Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), Ghana, Dahomey (Benin), Northern Nigeria (Nigeria), Southern Nigeria (Nigeria), West Cameroon (Cameroon) and Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea). It can be found throughout the Old World tropics and in the West Indies (Hutchinson & Dalziel, 1972).
Identifier
KFWT00000180
Collection name
Flora of West Tropical Africa, original illustrations
Pages
1
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