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Publication Lightfoot (1786): summary
publication summary

Complete Citation

Lightfoot. 1786. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co.. 194 pp. Available electronically.

Attributed Nominal Genera

Isognomon Lightfoot, 1786
Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 9, 41, 52, 115, 137.

Placuna Lightfoot, 1786
Lightfoot, 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum: 16.

Attributed Nominal Species

There are 6 available nominal species attributed to this publication (11 total).
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