Specimen Information

Melaleuca quinquenervia
Melaleuca quinquenervia
(paperbark tree)
Plants
Exotic

Specimen ID1669175
GroupPlants
GenusMelaleuca
Speciesquinquenervia
Common Namepaperbark tree
StateFL
CountyLee
LocalityBig Cypress Swamp, S. Ft. Myers
Mapping AccuracyApproximate
HUC8 NameCaloosahatchee
HUC8 Number03090205
Map
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Collection Month1
Collection Year1930
Year AccuracyActual
Potential Pathwayunknown
Statusunknown
Reference 1
Ref. Number:26212
Author:GBIF
Date:2013
Title:Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) Database.
Publisher:Global Biodiversity Information Facility
Reference 2
Ref. Number:28178
Author:The New York Botanical Garden
Date:2018
Title:William and Lynda Steere Herbarium (NY)
Publisher:SEINet Data Portal
Comments[Inferred to be a part of the Edison Botanic Research Corporation collections based on the label data. W. M. Buswell worked with Thomas A. Edison in Florida during Edison's search for a domestic source of rubber.]
Record TypeSpecimen
DisposalHerbarium
Museum Cat Number348391
VerifierM. H. Nee
Freshwater/MarineFreshwater


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