[Taxacom] Mystery "plant" baffles police, specimen to be "disposed of"

[Nadia Talent]

Northern Territory, Australia. 
"A Darwin man thought he had made a grisly find when he came across what appeared to be a severed human finger on a beach, but it turned out to be a mysterious plant instead.”

The news item says that the specimen will be disposed of. Perhaps if a knowledgeable person can act quickly, they might arrange to obtain whatever remains after the forensic examination to file as a type specimen.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-06/mysterious-plant-resembling-severed-finger-baffles-nt-police/6002056?WT.mc_id=newsmail

Best wishes to all, and a happy new year,

Nadia Talent
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Royal Ontario Museum,
Green Plant Herbarium (TRT),
Department of Natural History,
100 Queen's Park,
Toronto, Canada, M5S 2C6
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