- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:378368-1
- Publication
- Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. London
- Collation
- 25: 348
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Gesneriaceae
Type Information
- Locality
- & Collection: 'New Guinea; in regione Sogeri, alt. 1100 metr., H. 0. Forbes, n. 850'
- Distribution Of Types
- Papua New Guinea
Original Data
- Remarks
- N. Guin
Remarks
C.B. Clarke gave a description for B. lawesii, whereas Forbes gave a diagnosis (as ‘The habit of the two forms is quite distinct; the Sumatran (B. treubii) is tall, tending to become shrubby; the Papuan (B. lawesii) is low and procumbent.’) Eponymy: Rev. William George Lawes (1839-1907).