Herbaria source of new plant species Michael Gross Current Biology Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages R6-R7 (January 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.12.029 Copyright © 2011 Terms and Conditions
Time-lag: A herbarium specimen of Strobilanthes paniculiformis collected in 1885 in the Naga Hills of eastern India was described and published only 121 years later. Specimen: copyright The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, reproduced with the consent of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Photograph: Sudhansu Sekhar Dash. Current Biology 2011 21, R6-R7DOI: (10.1016/j.cub.2010.12.029) Copyright © 2011 Terms and Conditions