Plowman s.n., Roxbury (1973), ECON 00946341
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| Plowman s.n. herbarium specimen, Roxbury, Boston (3 October 1973) | |
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| Plowman s.n., Roxbury (1973), ECON 00946341 | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Feral |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Province/State | Massachusetts |
| Locality | Roxbury |
| Coordinates | 42.33, -71.09 |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 3 October 1973 |
| Collector | T.C. Plowman |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Harvard University Herbaria |
| Catalogue Number | ECON 00946341 |
| Collector Number | Plowman, T.C. s.n. |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Identified By | E. Small (1976) |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Plowman s.n., Roxbury is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa collected on 3 October 1973 by Timothy Plowman at Roxbury, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, from an escaped plant at the edge of cultivated ground. The sheet is held in the Economic Botany Herbarium of the Harvard University Herbaria.[1]
Collection and locality
Harvard's index gives the locality as Roxbury, in Suffolk County, Massachusetts, the date as 3 October 1973 and no collector number.[1] Roxbury is a neighbourhood of Boston.[2] Two days earlier Plowman had collected cannabis growing spontaneously in a waste area at Roxbury (Plowman s.n., Roxbury (1973), MO 2605928).[3]
Field observations
Harvard transcribes the habitat as Escaped weed, growing at edge of cultivated ground.[1]
Specimen and identification
On 16 February 1976 Ernest Small determined the sheet as Cannabis sativa L., the name under which Harvard files it. Its Economic Botany Herbarium accession number is ECON 36123.[1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cannabis sativa, barcode 00946341". Index of Botanical Specimens. Harvard University Herbaria. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ "Roxbury (Q20138)". Wikidata. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ "Occurrence 6561763441: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 October 2026.