Merostachys sp.
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 42 - Malesia
label: Collector
content: Paul M. Taylor
notes: label: Notes
content: The only information on the tag is "135-F" and "Tbl: o tiba (biaha)." This record was compiled based on contexual information in Case 27 Drawers 5 and 6. The other items in the drawer, as well as the drawer above it, are all labelled similarly. Most of them have similarly damaged tags with the same handwriting, but when there is information, they are from Indonesia or have "Tbl" (=Tobelo) followed by a Tobelo local name. Page 86 of Paul Michael Taylor's book "A Folk Biology of the Tobelo People," lists "Tbl" as an abbreviation for "Tobelo (=Tobelorese)." One of the specimens in drawer 5 is has the collector labelled as "Taylor." Due to this consistency, the collector has been listed as Taylor, P.M. and the locality as Indonesia. However, it is possible that this is incorrect. In the same book, it is unclear if "o tiba" refers to bamboo in general or to Schizostachyum sp. or Schizostachyum lima (pg. 43, 114). Since it is not clear which one "o tiba" refers to, the genus and species has been left as indet. sp. It is not clear what "biaha" means.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Dec 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Indonesia, Asia-Tropical
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content: Botany
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content: Flowering plants and ferns
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Merostachys sp.
label: Published Name
content: Schizostachyum lima (Blanco) Merr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: 01860026
label: Other Numbers
content: Case:Drawer : 2706001
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Bambusoideae