Anon. s.n., India (by 1896)
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| Herbarium specimen labelled India, Gower Collection (by 1896) | |
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| Anon. s.n., India (by 1896) | |
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| The sheet labelled India, held by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as E00248613 (CC BY-SA 2.5) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Catalogue Number | E00248613 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Anon. s.n., India is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa whose only place is the word India on its label. The sheet came from the Gower Collection, purchased in 1896. The sheet is E00248613 at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.[1][2]
Labels
A handwritten label, threaded onto the stem, reads Cannabis sativa and, encircled, India. A printed slip at the foot reads Gower Collection. Purchased 1896.[3] The collector in Edinburgh's catalogue entry is William Hugh Gower.[1] William Hugh Gower (1835–1894) was a horticulturalist whose herbarium material is at Edinburgh and Kew.[4]
Specimen and identification
One leafy, flowering branch is mounted on an older, smaller sheet of paper, which is mounted in turn on the Edinburgh sheet.[3] The label and the catalogue name the plant Cannabis sativa.[3][1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cannabis sativa L., specimen E00248613". Herbarium catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
- ↑ "Occurrence 575244123: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Digitised sheet E00248613, IIIF manifest". RBGE IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 6 October 2026.
- ↑ "Gower, William Hugh". Index of Botanists. Harvard University Herbaria. Retrieved 6 October 2026.