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Specimen details

UPS-THUNB No.7857
Herbarium AcronymUPS
UPS catalogue No.V-007857
Organism groupVascular plants
Original nameCommelina japonica
Current nameMurdannia japonica (Thunb.) Faden
Present identification
(Japanese name)
Taxon status-
FamilyCommelinaceae
Identified by
Identification date
Identification history
Locality (original)e Japonia
Locality (interpreted)Japan
Collector (original)Thunberg
Collector (interpreted)C.P. Thunberg
Notes on the upper side185.55
Notes on the back side
Type statusoriginal material
BasionymCommelina japonica Thunb.
Nomenclatural notes
Typification reference
Reference of protologueTrans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 332 (1794)
Link to protologue[LINK]
Flora Japonica page
IconesIcones Plantarum Japonicarum (unpublished) 101
RemarksFaden (1977) [Taxon 26: 142-144] pointed out that this specimen probably came from Java, not from Japan.

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