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BM013399851

Classification
Scientific name: Fimbristylis insignis Thwaites
Author: Thwaites
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Fimbristylis
Species: insignis
Higher classification: Magnoliophyta; Liliopsida; Poales; Cyperaceae
Location
Locality: Ceylon
Country: Sri Lanka
Continent: Asia
Higher geography: Asia; Sri Lanka
Collection event
Recorded by: George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
Record number: CP 3317
Identification
Identified by: Norbert Holstein
Type status: TYPE
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Fimbristylis insignis Thwaites Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: BM013399851
Collection code: BOT ( Botany)
Sub department: Gen Herb
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:9346193
Collection kind: Sheet
Record
Occurrence ID: 650c1154-fa23-4996-881c-3b955e38705a
Modified: 2023-04-21T15:23:14+00:00
Created: 2021-06-17T13:05:13+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2021-06-17T13:05:13+00:00
Last updated 2023-04-21T15:23:14+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb