Couling s.n., Qingzhou (by 1895)
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| Couling s.n. herbarium specimen, I tu hsien, Shantung (by 1895) | |
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| Couling s.n., Qingzhou (by 1895) | |
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| Couling s.n., held by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as E01459308 (CC BY-SA 2.5) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Shandong |
| Locality | I tu hsien, Ching Chou fu (Yidu, now Qingzhou) |
| Traditional Names | |
| Local Name | Ma |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Collector | S. Couling |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Catalogue Number | E01459308 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Couling s.n., Qingzhou is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa from I tu hsien (Yidu, now Qingzhou), in Shandong, China, collected by S. Couling and received at Edinburgh in 1895. A slip with it gives the name Ma. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh holds the sheet as E01459308.[1]
Collection and locality
The Edinburgh label reads Cannabis sativa Linn, I tu hsien, Ching Chou fu, Shantung, recd 1895 and Coll. S. Couling, with Grows in dry ground below.[2] Recd 1895 dates the sheet's arrival at Edinburgh.
Local name
A slip in red ink gives the name Ma and explains it as the generic name of all plants in China the skin of which is used for weaving into cloth etc.[2] The note explains the word; it does not say how this plant was used.
Specimen and identification
The sheet carries a leafy top with large palmate leaves on a short length of stem.[2] The label names the plant Cannabis sativa Linn.; the catalogue records Cannabis sativa L.[2][1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Occurrence 4907011827: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Digitised sheet E01459308, IIIF manifest". RBGE IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 October 2026.