[Taxacom] Allan Beetle collections

[Heike Vibrans]

Hello,

> Your inquiry may be of interest to others as well, so 
>I'll reply to all.

For the same reason I will repeat what I have already 
written to Jan off-line: The MEXU (Mexican National 
Herbarium) recently inherited the large grass herbarium 
from the COTECOCA (Comisión Técnico Consultiva de 
Coeficientes de Agostaderos). I have heard it has a lot of 
Beetle material but I don't know how much of it is 
integrated yet. Their e-mail is mexu at ibiologia.unam.mx. 
Best wishes, Heike Vibrans.

> 
> I visited the Hermosillo Herbarium about 1993 to try and 
>find the type
> of Leptochloa digitatiformis Beetle, but the curator was 
>away at the
> time and the person who assisted was unsure where the 
>type speicmens
> were.  Surely somebody else will be able to reply to the 
>status of this
> herbarium better in more detail.
> 
> However, the Department of Renewable Resources, 
>University of Wyoming,
> which includes the former Range Science Department, has 
>a herbarium
> (WYAC, ca. 60,000 specimens) where many of Beetle's 
>collections are
> housed.  There may be a duplicate of the type there.  I 
>suspect if you
> contact Dr. Dan Rodgers(rodgers at uwyo.edu) he can provide 
>more
> information about whether its accessibility.  As far as 
>I know, the
> herbarium in that Department is used little.
> 
> Neil 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of 
>Veldkamp, J.F.
> (Jan Frits)
> Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 3:46 AM
> To: taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> Subject: [Taxacom] Allan Beetle collections
> 
> I am revising the grasses for the Flora Malesiana area 
>in SE Asia. At
> present I am looking for the whereabouts of the type of 
>Cynodon dactylon
> (L.) Pers. forma viviparus Beetle, Phytologia 48 (1981) 
>189
> ('vivipara'). --- Type: Beetle M-4442 (*, holo). Al(l)an 
>Beetle then
> worked at the Comision Tecnico Consultiva para la 
>Determinacion Regional
> de los Coeficientes de Agostadero, Hermosillo, Sonora, 
>Mexico. This
> institute (?) is not listed in the Index herbariorum on 
>the net.
> 
> Does anybody know where this type is deposited now?
> 
> JeF
> 
> Please answer off line directly to me, unless you think 
>that others
> might be interested as well.
> 


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