Biswas 4783 (1940)
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| Biswas 4783 herbarium specimen, Darjeeling hills (1940) | |
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| Biswas 4783 (1940) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Unknown |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | West Bengal |
| District | Darjeeling District |
| Elevation | 914 m |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 10 May 1940 |
| Collector | K. P. Biswas |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Harvard University Herbaria |
| Catalogue Number | 00449852 |
| Collector Number | Biswas 4783 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Biswas 4783 is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa gathered by K. P. Biswas on 10 May 1940 at 3,000 feet, about 914 m. The Harvard University Herbaria hold it in the Gray Herbarium as barcode 00449852.[1] Biswas's numbers 4780 and 4784 are labelled Badamtam, in the Darjeeling hills of West Bengal, India.[2][3]
Collection and locality
Harvard's index gives the collector as K. P. Biswas, the number 4783, the locality Assam, the date 10 May 1940 and the altitude 3000'.[1] Harvard's Arnold Arboretum herbarium holds Biswas's number 4780, gathered the same day at 3000 ft., labelled East Himalaya; Badamtam and catalogued under West Bengal,[2] and the Smithsonian Institution's United States National Herbarium holds his 4784, labelled East Himalaya. Badamtam.[3] Other herbaria catalogue Badamtam Forest in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal.[4]
Specimen and identification
Harvard files the sheet as Cannabis sativa subsp. indica (Lam.) E.Small & Cronquist, determined by Ernest Small in August 1975.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cannabis sativa subsp. indica, barcode 00449852". Index of Botanical Specimens. Harvard University Herbaria. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Occurrence 4527857346: Terminalia bellirica (Gaertn.) Roxb". GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Occurrence 2549523953: Streblus asper Lour". GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 October 2026.
- ↑ "Occurrence 543686119: Bufo melanostictus Schneider, 1799". GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 October 2026.