[Taxacom] Ugandan stamp plant identification mystery.

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Perhaps Uganda created stamps depicting plants of Botanical Gardens such as those listed on the following website: Melbourne, Kew.....
http://www.plantstamps.net/stamps/uganda.htm


Cheers,
Isa

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Dr Isabella Van de Velde 
ViBRANT 
DEST Training 
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences 
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http://www.naturalsciences.be




-----Original Message-----
From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of Jim Croft
Sent: vendredi 31 mai 2013 14:19
To: Taxacom
Subject: [Taxacom] Ugandan stamp plant identification mystery.

Anyone know the back story to this? Why would Uganda produce a postage
stamp featuring a plant native to the highlands of SE Australia?
Could it be based on a misidentification (species of Wahlenbergia do
occur in southern Africa)?

http://www.anbg.gov.au/stamps/stamp.982.html

jim

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