Vinca rosea L.
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Filed As
Apocynaceae
Vinca rosea L. -
Collector(s)
I. B. Balfour s.n., Aug 1874- Dec 1874
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Location
Mauritius. Rodrigues [Island]. [Part of Mascarenhas Archipelago.].
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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.]
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 04172383
Occurrence ID: c704ad4e-fb22-41d6-8630-318f7f710156
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Gentianales
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Family
Apocynaceae
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All Determinations
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Region
Africa
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Country
Mauritius
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Locality
Rodrigues [Island]. [Part of Mascarenhas Archipelago.]
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Location Notes
[Africa]
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Distribution
^OT 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, 04172383 04172384 04172383
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Vinca rosea L.