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Evidentiary scope
The catalogue gives a collector, a number and a day, and no place, habitat, use or note on cultivation. The accession is classified Unknown. It does not establish a continuing population, and no conservation priority is assigned.
Georeferencing
No point is given, and no place below the country. The catalogue gives the country only. Clarke's numbers 8137 to 8145 (6 and 7 December 1868) carry Dacca Station, and 8151 and 8152 (13 December) carry Dacca in their labels, so the gathering of 9 December most likely falls in or near Dhaka; but the four days between leave room for travel, and Kew's other 8150 carries a different place and day (see below). The page asserts the country and nothing finer.
Editorial treatment
Country. The Smithsonian's catalogue gives India, the country of the sheet's time. Clarke's numbers on both sides place him at Dacca, in today's Bangladesh, and the page follows that place, as Clarke 21810 (1874) does for Jessore.
Image. The Smithsonian publishes no image of the sheet. The page's values are its catalogue's.
Source discrepancies
- The Smithsonian's catalogue and GBIF give the country as India; the page places the sheet in Bangladesh from Clarke's neighbouring numbers.
- Kew's catalogue gives the number 8150 to a Cissampelos pareira of 15 December 1868, labelled [Dlubankuola Pabrua]; Bengal. The Smithsonian's Cannabis is 8150 of 9 December. One of the two numbers is misread or the number was used twice; the Smithsonian's date sits between Clarke's Dacca numbers, and the page keeps it.
These notes were recorded during accession preparation. Source citations remain in the article. Éloise 00:48, 29 October 2026 (+07)