<p>I had a chat with Lulú after we found some labels with Hooker written on them, but another collector's name was also present on the same label (Leguminosae legacy)</p><p> </p><p>The case we discussed was Pithecellobium oblongum and this is what she explained to me: two syntypes are held at Kew. On one of them we have the stamp: Herbarium Hookerianum and the information on the label is Pithecellobium oblongum, Gulf of Fonseca, Sinclair. On the other one, the stamp Herbarium Benthamianum is present and the same information I just mention, but we also find extra information: 1842 (collection date) Hooker. By writing Hooker on the label, Bentham meant that a syntype of the same specie was held at the Hooker collection. Therefore, in similar cases, Hooker would not be the collector, neither the author or determiner.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
