Chao s.n. (1939)
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| Chao s.n. herbarium specimen, Western Hills, Peking (1939) | |
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| Chao s.n. (1939) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Beijing |
| Locality | Western Hill |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 1939 |
| Collector | S. C. Chao |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Beijing Normal University |
| Catalogue Number | BNU 0036659 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Chao s.n. is a herbarium accession of a male plant of Cannabis sativa collected in the Western Hills of Peking, Beijing, China, in 1939 by S. C. Chao. Beijing Normal University holds the sheet as BNU 0036659[1].
Collection and locality
The label is printed for the Catholic University of Peking, headed Plants of North China, and completed by hand. It gives the name Cannabis sativa L. and 大麻 with the male sign, the locality Western Hill., the date 1939. and the name S. C. Chao, written between the printed words collector and ident.; the remarks line is blank.[2] The catalogue gives S. C. Chao, the year and Beijing.[1]
Specimen and identification
The sheet carries a tall, slender stem with a few palmate leaves of narrow, serrate leaflets and loose male flowering tops. The label names it Cannabis sativa L.[2] The Chinese Virtual Herbarium publishes its sheet images under a non-commercial, no-derivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0); they are read and cited here, not reproduced.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Specimen BNU 0036659: Cannabis sativa". Chinese Virtual Herbarium. Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Digitised sheet BNU 0036659: Cannabis sativa". Chinese Virtual Herbarium image service. Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
