Ching 681 (1923)
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| Ching 681 herbarium specimen, south of Sining (1923) | |
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| Ching 681 (1923) | |
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| Ching 681, held by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as E01459296 (CC BY-SA 2.5) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Feral |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Qinghai |
| Locality | Chian Shing Cheon, south of Sining (Xining) |
| Elevation | 3250 m |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 2 August 1923 |
| Collector | R. C. Ching |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Catalogue Number | E01459296 |
| Collector Number | Ching 681 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Ching 681 is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa collected in moist grassland at Chian Shing Cheon, south of Sining (Xining), at 3,200 to 3,300 m, on 2 August 1923 by R. C. Ching on the National Geographic Society's Central China Expedition. The label files the place under Kansu province; Xining is today the capital of Qinghai, China. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh holds the sheet as E01459296.[1]
Collection and locality
The printed label reads Plants of Kansu Province, China and National Geographic Society Central China Expedition, under the direction of F. R. Wulsin. It is completed Fl. yellowish green. Moist grassland., Chian Shing Cheon, south of Sining; altitude 3200 to 3300 meters and No. 681, R. C. Ching, Collector, August 2, 1923. A second printed slip reads Smithsonian Institution. From the United States National Herbarium.[2]
Specimen and identification
The sheet carries two flowering stems with palmate leaves of narrow leaflets, one pulled up with its root; the label gives the flowers as yellowish green.[2] It names the plant Cannabis sativa Linn.; the catalogue records Cannabis sativa L.[2][1] Ching gathered cannabis again two years later on Huang Shan, in Anhwei: Ching 8530 (1925); see also Ching 9060 (s.d.).
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Occurrence 4907011826: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Digitised sheet E01459296, IIIF manifest". RBGE IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 October 2026.