Vinca rosea L.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Vinca rosea L.

  • Collector(s)

    I. B. Balfour s.n., Aug 1874- Dec 1874

  • Location

    Mauritius. Rodrigues [Island]. [Part of Mascarenhas Archipelago.].

  • Collection Notes

    Transit of Venus Expedition. Presented by the Royal Society [inferred to be the Royal Astronomical Society]. [One of several expeditions to various locations to observe the transit of Venus in 1874, which helped to determine the distance of Venus and the Sun from Earth. This specimen was collected in Mauritius, but filed under Africa, due to its geographic proximity Africa.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04172383

    Occurrence ID: c704ad4e-fb22-41d6-8630-318f7f710156

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • All Determinations

    Vinca rosea L.

  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Mauritius

  • Locality

    Rodrigues [Island]. [Part of Mascarenhas Archipelago.]

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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DEPOSITED 1948
IN
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
04172384
Herb. Wm. M. Canby, Wilmington, Delaware.
TRANSIT OF VENUS EXPEDITION.
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
RODRIGUES. Dr. I. B. BALFOUR. Aug.-Dec. 1874.
Presented by the Royal Society,
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