Who was Armstrong and where did she collect?: typifying Nylander's lichens

Determining the type locality and collector of Nylander’s South African lichens
Ian D. Medeiros 2019
Bothalia 49 https://doi.org/10.4102/abc.v49i1.2384

Abstract
Background: In 1868, Nylander described 15 new lichen taxa from collections made near Durban, South Africa. The locality was not specified and the collector was identified only as ‘Miss Armstrong’.
Objectives: To identify the collector and type locality of Nylander’s species.
Method: Scientific literature, maps, letters, notebooks and genealogical sources were consulted to reconstruct the provenance of the specimens.
Results: ‘Miss Armstrong’ was likely Olivia Armstrong; she collected in the Karkloof area of the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands.
Conclusion: This investigation facilitates future work to determine whether the species described and reported by Nylander are still extant in the same locality.

Publicado el 10 de noviembre de 2022 por tonyrebelo