Information

Collections

 

Department of Agriculture

 

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 5: Cyclopaedia of collectors, Supplement I)

 

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

 

information:

Plant collections are made from time to time by officers of this and other departments in Malaya and sent to the Botany Division of this Department for identification and preservation. 

 

collections:

Uncommon plants are forwarded to Herb. Sing. [SING] (cf. also sub Dore) for identification, and if available 6 specimens are retained there. The majority of specimens in the herbarium of the department [KLA] are those found in association with agriculture, usually common Malayan plants. The collections are numbered as follows: Dicotyledons no 1 onwards, Monocotyledons with M nos, Gramineae with G nos, Cyperaceae with C nos, Cycadaceae with Cy nos, Filicales with F nos, Lycopodiales with L nos.