Book #56, begin # 40723, 40839

Title Variants

Alternative: Field and Collection Note Book No. 56, Oct. 28, 1959 -- May 8, 1960 (40723 - 40839)

Related Titles

Contained In: F. Raymond Fosberg field notes from the Department of Botany

Series: SIA Acc. 12-040

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Fosberg, F. Raymond (Francis Raymond), 1908-1993

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1959-1960

Notes

English

An inserted table of contents contains a full listing of localities and corresponding collector numbers. This field book contains a specimen list of botanical specimens collected by F. R. Fosberg from 28 October 1959 to 8 May 1960 in Ghana, Nigeria, California, Virginia, and Florida. Collector numbers 40723-40839 are included. Specimen list includes scientific name, date, locality, collector number, with occasional notes on locality or physical descriptions of specimens (size, color, etc.) Localities include: Jos, Naraguta, Kaduna (Nigeria); Shenandoah National Park (Virginia); Coral Gables (Florida). Also included are travel and vegetation observation notes from Ivory Coast, Spain, and New York. An envelope containing botanical specimens and labeled "Lagos nigeria, stipules of Delonix region for description" can be found between pages 32 and 33.

Subjects

Botany , California , Field notes , Florida , Ghana , Nigeria , United States , Virginia

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.97803
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51449178