Ching 8530 (1925)
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| Ching 8530 herbarium specimen, Huang Shan, Anhwei (1925) | |
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| Ching 8530 (1925) | |
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| Ching 8530, held by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as E01459315 (CC BY-SA 2.5) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Anhui |
| Locality | Huang Shan |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 5 July 1925 |
| Collector | R. C. Ching |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Catalogue Number | E01459315 |
| Collector Number | Ching 8530 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Ching 8530 is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa collected on Huang Shan in Anhui (then Anhwei), China, on 5 July 1925 by R. C. Ching. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh holds the sheet as E01459315.[1]
Collection and locality
The sheet carries the label of the Herbarium, University of California, deposited by E. D. Merrill, headed Plants of China. It is completed Cannabis sativa Linn., Anhwei Prov. Huang Shan and 8530, R. C. Ching, 7-5-25.[2] The date can be read as 7 May or 5 July 1925. Ching's numbers 8527 and 8531, two other plants held by the Smithsonian Institution, are both dated 5 July 1925, so the sheet is dated 5 July.[3][4]
Specimen and identification
The sheet carries a single bent, reddish stem with a few small leaves.[2] The label names the plant Cannabis sativa Linn.; the catalogue records Cannabis sativa L.[2][1] Ching had collected cannabis in 1923 south of Sining: Ching 681 (1923); see also Ching 9060 (s.d.), from Anhwei.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Occurrence 4907008926: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Digitised sheet E01459315, IIIF manifest". RBGE IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
- ↑ "Occurrence 2565479941: Gonostegia triandra (Blume) Miq". GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 October 2026.
- ↑ "Occurrence 1321328452: Diplopterygium laevissimum (Christ) Nakai". GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 9 October 2026.