Griffith 4686 (by 1845)
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| Griffith 4686 herbarium specimen, East Bengal (by 1845) | |
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| Griffith 4686 (by 1845) | |
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| Griffith 4686 from East Bengal, distributed from Kew in 1863–64 and held as U.1198641 (CC0) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Locality | East Bengal |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Collector | W. Griffith |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Naturalis Biodiversity Center |
| Catalogue Number | U.1198641 |
| Collector Number | Griffith, W. 4686 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Griffith 4686 is an accession record for a pressed Cannabis sativa specimen from East Bengal in the herbarium of William Griffith (1810–1845).[1] Naturalis Biodiversity Center holds the sheet as catalogue U.1198641, and GBIF publishes it as occurrence 2516987852.[2]
Collection and locality
The printed label is headed Herbarium of the late East India Company. It carries the handwritten number 4686, the locality East Bengal and the attribution Herb. Griffith. Its last line reads Distributed at the Royal Gardens, Kew. 1863-4.[3] The label gives no collection date and no more precise locality, altitude or habitat. A Botanisch Museum Utrecht stamp on the sheet reads 204967 B and 25 April 1967.[3]
Specimen and identification
The label identifies the material as Cannabis sativa L.[3] The occurrence record publishes the specimen under the same name and gives the collector as Herb Griffith, the number as Herb Griffith 4686 and the event date as 1863.[2]
- ↑ "Griffith, William (1810-1845)". JSTOR Global Plants. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Occurrence 2516987852: Cannabis sativa". GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Digitised sheet U.1198641: Cannabis sativa". Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Retrieved 16 September 2026.