Anon. s.n., Calcutta Botanic Garden (s.d.)
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| Herbarium specimen cultivated in the Calcutta botanic garden (undated) | |
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| Anon. s.n., Calcutta Botanic Garden (s.d.) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | West Bengal |
| District | Howrah |
| Locality | Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden |
| Coordinates | 22.56, 88.29 |
| Point type | Settlement point |
| Uncertainty | about 2 km |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | National Herbarium of Victoria |
| Catalogue Number | MEL 2413183A |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Anon. s.n., Calcutta Botanic Garden is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa from a plant cultivated in the botanic garden at Calcutta, today the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden at Howrah, West Bengal, India. The National Herbarium of Victoria in Melbourne holds the sheet as MEL 2413183A.[1][2]
Collection and locality
The herbarium's catalogue gives the locality as Cult. in Hort. Bot. Cal., the botanic garden of Calcutta, and records the plant as introduced. It gives the state as West Bengal and a point for Calcutta taken from the GeoNames gazetteer, with an uncertainty of 25 km.[1] The East India Company's garden at Shibpur is now the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah, under the Botanical Survey of India.[2]
Specimen and identification
The catalogue files the sheet as Cannabis sativa L.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Occurrence 2435543312: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah". Botanical Survey of India. Botanical Survey of India. Retrieved 28 October 2026.