Mudhand

Pedicularis palustris

Erik Leonard Ekman (1883-1931) is well-known for his extensive collections from Cuba and Hispaniola (he collected some astounding 36000 numbers, of which many are types), and we will come back to him many times. But for the start, a Pedicularis opsiantha collected and described by him in Småland, Sweden, at the young [...]

Aconitum campylorrhynchum

This Aconitum (Swedish: stormhatt) was collected by Harry Smith in the Sichuan Province, China. Aconitum is a large genus with some 100 spp, several cultivated and nearly all poisonous (alkaloids).

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Babiana angustifolia

One more Babiana, the last for some time now. Collected by the danish collector and apothecary Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1795-1868) who was one of the first systematic collectors in South Africa. This specimen was collected in 1826, and still some of its colour is preserved. The two oldest labels are written in [...]

Babiana scabrifolia

Babiana is an African genus of family Iridaceae (Iris family) with some 90 spp. Some are cultivated, don’t know about this one though. Thought it is a nice specimen, with the drawing. The corms of these plants are edible, and were eaten by “settlers, baboons & porcupines”. says Mabberley (citing Goldblatt). By [...]

Canarina abyssinica

Canarina is an interesting genus of the bellflower family, with one species on Canary Islands, and two in East Africa. This one is one of the East Africans; it is a neotype, since the collections the original description was based on was stored in the Berlin Herbarium, and was not among the [...]

Andropogon ekmanii

This may not look much, but it is the holotype for a new grass species describes late last year by co-workers (et al.) here at the Herbarium, based on material collected in Cuba in 1920 by Erik Leonard Ekman (1883-1931). There are probably many more undescribed species among his rich collections, waiting [...]

Daniel Solander's Callitriche

Daniel Solander was born in Piteå in 1733, where he collected this plant! He travelled with Joseph Banks on James Cook’s first voyage to the Pacific on Endeavour. And there are pertinacious rumors that his father might have been that famous botanist in Uppsala…

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Waiting, don’t know for what. M is in Wien for a job interview, she left today and I already miss her. Not easy to make plans for the summer without nowing how life will be even in a few weeks. I myself have got job though, at my old museum and a continuation on the [...]

With less than three weeks left before departure for Mongolia (this was on Monday, now it is just a little more than two weeks left), everything should have been settled but then we accidentaly are noticed that there is a Mongolian Cave Research Association (thanks Sebastian for noticing us on Dr Avirmed and his Association!) [...]