Plant name help

[Aruna Dharmapriya Weerasooriya]

Dear Murrey,

It can be the genus Nothopegia (Anacardiaceae). There is only one species,
N. beddomei Gamble in Sri Lanka.

Aruna

On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Murray Fletcher wrote:

> Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 09:49:35 +1100
> From: Murray Fletcher <murray.fletcher at AGRIC.NSW.GOV.AU>
> To: TAXACOM at usobi.org
> Subject: Plant name help
>
> Dear Taxacomers,
>
> A specimen of scale insect in our collection is labelled "on Notho
> regia" from Ceylon in W.W. Froggatt's handwriting. Does somebody know
> what the full name of this host is likely to be? We have very little
> information on Sri Lankan plants here.
>
> Murray
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Aruna Weerasooriya
Department of Ecology & Biodiversity
Plant Systematics Laboratory
Kadoorie Biological Sciences Building
The University of Hong Kong
Pokfulam Road
HONG KONG

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