Sodombekov KPL 00133 (2004)

Sodombekov KPL_00133 herbarium specimen, Taldy-Bulak, Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan (2004)
Sodombekov KPL 00133 (2004)
At a Glance
Classification	Other
Location
Country	Kyrgyzstan
Province/State	Chüy Region
Locality	Taldy-Bulak, Chui, 1,700 m (as on a label naming another plant)
Elevation	1700 m
Collection
Method	Herbarium specimen
Sourcing Type	Historical
Date	23 July 2004
Collector	Ishenbay Sodombekov,Natalya Rogova
Specimen
Repository	Chrysler Herbarium
Catalogue Number	CHRB0142745
Collector Number	KPL_00133
Scientific Name	Cannabis sativa L.
Occurrence Record	View occurrence record

Sodombekov KPL_00133 is a herbarium accession of cannabis whose printed label places the gathering at Taldy-Bulak, in Chüy Region, Kyrgyzstan, at 1,700 m, on 23 July 2004, by Ishenbay Sodombekov and Natalya Rogova, as a voucher for pharmaceutical screening. The label itself names another plant, Salvia sclarea; a slip above it names the sheet Cannabis sativa. The Chrysler Herbarium of Rutgers University holds two sheets, CHRB0142745 and CHRB0142746.

Collection and locality

Both sheets carry the same printed label of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, headed PLANTS OF KYRGYZSTAN. It reads LAMIACEAE, Salvia sclarea L., Det. By: Natalya Rogova, 23 July 2004, Locality: Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Chui, Taldy-Bulak., Habitat: Temperate, Terrestrial, Mmtnmdw, Lnsierno, -, Site No: KGP_00015 with the position 42°26.00'N 73°46.00'E and 1,700m, and Collector: Ishenbay Sodombekov KPL_00133 23 July 2004, Natalya Rogova. It adds that the plant was collected under the sponsorship of Rutgers University, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Kyrgyz National Botanical Garden, the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences and the Kyrgyz Agricultural Research Institute, that it is a voucher specimen for pharmaceutical screening, and that it is an ICBG Central Asia voucher. The catalogue gives Kyrgyzstan as the locality, with no collector, date or point. The label's position lies high in the Kyrgyz Range, and several places in the Chüy Region bear the name Taldy-Bulak.

Specimen and identification

Each sheet carries one branched, leafy plant with its roots and an empty packet. The printed label names the plant Salvia sclarea L., of the mint family; a separate printed slip pasted above the label on each sheet reads Cannabis sativa L. / Date: 23 July 2004, and a pencilled Cannabaceae is written at the foot. The catalogue files both sheets as Cannabis sativa L. and notes that this is the name under which they are filed. The herbarium publishes the images under a licence for non-commercial use; they are not reproduced here.