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Biogeographical Region:
42 - Malesia  Search this
Collector:
Paul M. Taylor  Search this
Place:
Indonesia, Asia-Tropical
Notes:
The only information on the tag is "135-F" and "Tbl: o tiba (biaha)." This record was compiled based on contexual information in Case 27 Drawers 5 and 6. The other items in the drawer, as well as the drawer above it, are all labelled similarly. Most of them have similarly damaged tags with the same handwriting, but when there is information, they are from Indonesia or have "Tbl" (=Tobelo) followed by a Tobelo local name. Page 86 of Paul Michael Taylor's book "A Folk Biology of the Tobelo People," lists "Tbl" as an abbreviation for "Tobelo (=Tobelorese)." One of the specimens in drawer 5 is has the collector labelled as "Taylor." Due to this consistency, the collector has been listed as Taylor, P.M. and the locality as Indonesia. However, it is possible that this is incorrect. In the same book, it is unclear if "o tiba" refers to bamboo in general or to Schizostachyum sp. or Schizostachyum lima (pg. 43, 114). Since it is not clear which one "o tiba" refers to, the genus and species has been left as indet. sp. It is not clear what "biaha" means.
Record Last Modified:
4 Dec 2019
Specimen Count:
1
Taxonomy:
Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Bambusoideae
Published Name:
Merostachys sp.
Schizostachyum lima (Blanco) Merr.
Barcode:
01860026
Other Numbers:
Case:Drawer : 2706001
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Botany
Flowering plants and ferns
Data Source:
NMNH - Botany Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3a20e825f-499c-454e-b31e-96e5f5198c39
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhbotany_13286635