M. Jayasuriya in Sri Lanka, October – November 1973
October – November 1973 · 39 days, 9 of them collecting · Sri Lanka
MJCollectorM. Jayasuriya · collected 1970–1987- Specimens
- 200
- Stops
- 7
- Names
- 111
- Types
- 0
- With images
- 188
- Km between stops
- —
- Companions
- 2
- Departments
- 1
The route
The labels of this journey name places but carry no coordinates, so there is no route to draw.
Each numbered point is a stop: a run of days spent within about ten kilometres. The route between stops is drawn straight; the real course went by sea, by road or on foot.
9 specimens, 7 names
Thunbergia fragrans 2, Psychotria gardneri 2, Canthium horridum 1
The specimens from 10 Oct →10 specimens, 9 names
Cleome 2, Dioscorea intermedia 1, Euphorbia 1
The specimens from 11 Oct →120 specimens, 68 names
Hedyotis 12, Rubus 6, Lasianthus 6
The specimens from 30 Oct–1 Nov →45 specimens, 34 names
Michelia 3, Schefflera 3, Cissus 3
The specimens from 2 Nov →14 specimens, 12 names
Hedyotis 2, Lamiaceae 2, Gentianaceae 1
The specimens from 3 Nov →1 specimens, 1 name
The specimens from 11 Nov →1 specimens, 1 name
The specimens from 17 Nov →
What came home
The names most often on the labels of this journey; the families: Rubiaceae 53, Orchidaceae 10, Lamiaceae 10, Rosaceae 9, Acanthaceae 7, Poaceae 5.
From the field
Ixora coccinea
Actinodaphne speciosa
Psychotria zeylanica
Phyllanthos
Myrtaceae
Rubus
Lamiaceae
Garnotia patula
Eriocaulon brownianum
Scutellaria violacea