Chiao 2698 (1930)
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| Chiao 2698 herbarium specimen, Lao Shan, Shantung (1930) | |
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| Chiao 2698 (1930) | |
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| Chiao 2698, the duplicate held by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as E01459297 (CC BY-SA 2.5) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Feral |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Shandong |
| Locality | Niu Shu Tai, Lao Shan |
| Coordinates | 36.20, 120.58 |
| Elevation | 600 m |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 2 July 1930 |
| Collector | C. Y. Chiao |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | New York Botanical Garden |
| Catalogue Number | 1414421 |
| Collector Number | Chiao 2698 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Chiao 2698 is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa collected as an escaped plant on a rocky slope at Niu Shu Tai, on the Lao Shan massif in Shandong, China, at 600 m on 2 July 1930 by C. Y. Chiao for the University of Nanking. The New York Botanical Garden holds a sheet as 01414421[1] and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh a duplicate as E01459297.[2] The Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing holds a third sheet as PE 00557945.[3]
Collection and locality
The Edinburgh duplicate carries the printed label Plants of Shantung Province, China and Herbarium of the University of Nanking, with the line Collected in cooperation with the Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University, for the University of Nanking. It reads Escaped herb. Alt. 600 m. Along rocky slope. Flower yellowish. Niu Shu Tai. Lao Shan. and gives the collector C. Y. Chiao, the number 2698 and the date July 2, 1930.[4] The New York catalogue gives the locality as Shantung Province. Niu Shu Tai; Lao Shan., the habitat as Along rocky slope. and the same number and date.[1] Edinburgh's catalogue files its sheet with no collector or place.[2] The Beijing sheet carries the same printed label, with the same wording, number and date.[5] 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.
Specimen and identification
The Edinburgh sheet carries a leafy branched top on a thick stem.[4] The label names the plant Cannabis sativa Linn. and describes its flowers as yellowish; the New York catalogue records Cannabis sativa L.[4][1] Chiao gathered cannabis again that September at Tsinan-fu: Chiao 3165 (1930).
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Occurrence 1929504176: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Occurrence 4907012232: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
- ↑ "Specimen PE 00557945: Cannabis sativa". Chinese Virtual Herbarium. Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 October 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Digitised sheet E01459297, IIIF manifest". RBGE IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
- ↑ "Digitised sheet PE 00557945: Cannabis sativa". Chinese Virtual Herbarium image service. Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 October 2026.
