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Dear Sir,
It should be Juanulloa mexicana (Schltdl.) Miers {Family - Solanaceae}
Gold Finger
Kind regards,
Varun
Please find a reply from Royal Botanical Garden
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Dear Varun,
Your enquiry has been passed to me, as a member of the Americas team.
On close examination of the literature, it appears that Juanulloa mexicana (Schltdl.) Miers is the accepted name, published in 1849, and based on Laureria mexicana Schltdl (from a Schiede specimen s.n.).
Juanulloa aurantiaca Otto & A. Dietr. appears to be synonymous with this, thus it appears as an unresolved name in various taxonomic databases.
The reason it occurs in the Kew Herbarium Catalogue, is that specimen 11185.000 is in the spirit collection, so not as accessible as herbarium material, and therefore has not been recently annotated with more up to date taxonomy.
I hope this information is useful in your research.
Regards
Sue Frisby
Compositae Section
Americas Team
Herbarium,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Kind regards,
Varun
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