Talk:Sutton 444 (1930)

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Page scope

Sutton 444 (1930) is about a single collection of cannabis, a seed lot or a herbarium specimen: where and when it was gathered, by whom, and what the sources say about the plants.

Data verification

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Discussion

Evidentiary scope

The catalogue records the collector J. D. Sutton, the date 21 May 1930 and the locality LICHTENBURG DIST.; GRASFONTEIN. No image of the label is published, so the label cannot be read, and the catalogue says nothing about how or where the plant grew. The accession is classified Unknown until the label can be read. No conservation priority is assigned.

The Botanical Database of Southern Africa publishes no image of this sheet. Its image count is zero, and so is the image count of all 1,361,966 rows in the database: the store is empty, and SANBI's own site still lists plant images among its plans. The accession carries no image until the herbarium supplies a scan.

Georeferencing

The point -25.875, 26.125 is the one the herbarium database, BODATSA, publishes for this sheet. It is the centre of the quarter-degree square 2526CC, about 27 km across, and not the place the plant was gathered: BODATSA gives its accuracy, 1/4dg, and stores the square's code beside it. Of the 61 georeferenced Cannabis rows in BODATSA, all 41 flagged 1/4dg fall exactly on a square's centre and none of the other 20 does. BODATSA's LatLongChecked field is null on every Cannabis row, so no Cannabis coordinate in BODATSA has been verified by the herbarium. The label names Lichtenburg District, not a place in it. The town of Lichtenburg (OpenStreetMap node 262721003) lies 30.6 km from the point, outside the square; the district's bounds in 1930 are not read here. The point is carried at the precision the database gives it. Basis: holder's georeference. Uncertainty: about 19 km.

Editorial treatment

BODATSA publishes no per-specimen page: five permalink shapes were tried for a sheet and all answered 404. The accession cites the database itself, and the barcode identifies the sheet.

Source citations remain in the article. Éloise 06:21, 24 September 2026 (+07)