Guettarda speciosa
- Family:
- Rubiaceae
- Country:
- Society Islands
- Places:
- Huahine, Otaheite
- Artist:
- Sydney Parkinson
- Format:
- Finished Drawing
- Medium:
- Watercolours on paper
- Dimensions:
- 465 x 280/350 mm
- Plate number:
- SI1 / 37
- Citations:
- Solander, D. Pl. Otaheit.: 130, 156 'Guettarda speciosa'; Solander, D. Slip Catalogue XIX: 195 - 200; Banks, J. Cat. Pl.: 28 See Carr, D. J. [Ed.] 1983 pl. 83 p. 91, col. pl.; Bacstrom, S. Ms.: 128
- Notes recto:
- [ink] 'Guttarda speciosa.' [SP]; 'Sydney Parkinson pinxt. 1769.'
- Notes verso:
- [pencil] '[?] of the [?] of the corolla white' [SP]; '94' [unknown]; 'Guettarda specios' [unknonw]; [ink] 'Otahite' [JB]
- Specimen details:
- 2 sheets, 1 - Otaheite, 2 - Huahine.
- Taxon citations:
- Linnaeus, Sp. pl. 2: 991 [1753].
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