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BM001009488

Classification
Scientific name: Gamochaeta americana (Mill.) Wedd.
Author: (Mill.) Wedd.
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Gamochaeta
Species: americana
Higher classification: Asterales; Asteraceae
Location
Country: Jamaica
Continent: North America
Island group: West Indies
Higher geography: North America; Jamaica
Decimal latitude: 18.151419
Decimal longitude: -77.319014
Verbatim latitude: 18 09 05.11 N
Verbatim longitude: 077 19 08.45 W
Coordinate uncertainty: 234m
Collection event
Recorded by: William Houstoun
Record number: s.n.
Collection date: 1731
Identification
Type status: Type
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Gnaphalium americanum Mill. No
Gamochaeta americana (Mill.) Wedd. Yes
Specimen
Catalogue number: BM001009488
Collection code: BOT ( Botany)
Sub department: Gen Herb
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:611344
Collection kind: Sheet
Record
Occurrence ID: 9348c450-2a5e-4ed2-89d3-781f42dfc7e8
Modified: 2022-01-12T12:43:55+00:00
Created: 2010-03-12T13:39:25+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2010-03-12T13:39:25+00:00
Last updated 2022-01-12T12:43:55+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