Excerpt from Phytologia, Vol. 73: An International Journal to Expedite Plant Systematic, Phytogeographical and Ecological Publication; August 1992
Firstly, numerous type specimens, formerly housed at B, are apparently no longer extant and presumably were destroyed during World War 11. Because of this it has been necessary to undertake a comprehensive search of many herbaria (see acknowledgments for list) in order to try to locate duplicates of these specimens.
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