Cleghorn s.n. (1859)
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| Cleghorn herbarium specimen, Nilgiri Hills (1859) | |
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| Cleghorn s.n. (1859) | |
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| Cleghorn's 1859 Nilgiri Hills specimen E00248824, mounted on a sheet with an earlier distinct collection (CC BY-SA 2.5) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Unknown |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | Tamil Nadu |
| Locality | Nilgiri Hills |
| Coordinates | 11.46, 76.64 |
| Point type | District point |
| Uncertainty | about 29 km |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 1859 |
| Collector | Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Catalogue Number | E00248824 |
| Collector Number | s.n. |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Cleghorn s.n. is an accession record for a pressed Cannabis sativa specimen collected by Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn in the Nilgiri Hills in 1859. The locality lies in present-day Tamil Nadu, India. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh holds it as catalogue E00248824.[1] GBIF publishes it as occurrence 575259294.[2]
Collection and locality
The Madras Herb label gives the habitat or locality as Neelgherry Hills, names H. F. Cleghorn as collector and records the year 1859.[3] No altitude or ecological observation is entered.[3]
Specimen and identification
The collection label identifies the material as Cannabis sativa.[3] The digitised herbarium sheet also carries a separate Cannabis collection labelled Northern Division and dated 1852, catalogued under barcode E00248823 as the accession Elliot s.n., Northern Division (1852); E00248824 identifies the 1859 Nilgiri Hills material mounted on the right.[3]
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., specimen E00248824". Herbarium catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Occurrence 575259294: Cannabis sativa". GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Digitised sheet E00248824: Cannabis sativa". IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
