[Taxacom] Herbarium BG

[Steve O'Kane]

Thank you all. The mystery is solved: by BG Blake meant the British Museum
AND G, Gray herbarium. I guess a lectotype needs to be designated!

Cheers,

Steve

On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 3:48 AM, John McNeill <johnm at rom.on.ca> wrote:

> Steve:
>
> In Blake’s monograph (pp. 6–7), he wrote:
>
> “The herbaria in which the specimens cited are located have been indicated
> by letters (B = British Museum of Natural History; G = Gray Herbarium; J =
> Herbarium of the Botanic Department of Jamaica ; K = : Kew. Herbarium).”
>
> It would seem most likely that “BG” meant that there was a specimen at
> both “B” (=BM) and “G” (=GH).
>
> Seasons greetings to all,
>
> John
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> *From:* Taxacom <taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> on behalf of Steve
> O'Kane <slokanejr at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* December 20, 2017 6:56 PM
> *To:* taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu
> *Subject:* [Taxacom] Herbarium BG
>
> Hello all,
>
> S.F. Blake in his 1916 monograph of *Polygala* give the holotype of
> *Polygala
> rectipilis* (Metcalfe 1274) as being at BG, which Index Herbariorum lists
> as University of Bergin, Norway. The specimen is not at that herbarium.
> Could Blake have meant a different institution in 1916?
>
> Steve
>
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