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BM000938339

Classification
Scientific name: Mariscus confertus (Sw.) C.B.Clarke
Author: (Sw.) C.B.Clarke
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Poales
Family: Cyperaceae
Genus: Mariscus
Species: confertus
Higher classification: Magnoliophyta; Liliopsida; Poales; Cyperaceae
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: Olof (Peter) Swartz
Record number: s.n.
Identification
Type status: Type
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Mariscus confertus (Sw.) C.B.Clarke Yes
Cyperus confertus No
Specimen
Catalogue number: BM000938339
Collection code: BOT ( Botany)
Sub department: Gen Herb
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:605234
Collection kind: Sheet
Record
Occurrence ID: d398a960-f72b-40f4-ab60-86cc92971408
Modified: 2022-02-04T09:37:13+00:00
Created: 2010-02-25T20:42:56+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2010-02-25T20:42:56+00:00
Last updated 2022-02-04T09:37:13+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