Elliot s.n., Northern Division (1852)
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| Elliot herbarium specimen, Northern Division (1852) | |
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| Elliot s.n., Northern Division (1852) | |
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| Elliot s.n., the left-hand specimen on the RBGE sheet catalogued E00248823 (CC BY-SA 2.5) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Locality | Northern Circars |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 1852 |
| Collector | W. Elliot |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Catalogue Number | E00248823 |
| Collector Number | Elliot, W. s.n. |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Elliot s.n., Northern Division is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa credited to Walter Elliot and dated 1852. Its label gives the habitat as the Northern Division.[1] The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh holds it as catalogue E00248823.[2] GBIF publishes it as occurrence 575173832.[3]
Collection and locality
The label is a printed form completed by hand. It is headed Madras Herb and reads Cannabis sativa, Hab. Northern Division, Coll. Honble W. Elliot and Date 1852. Its altitude line is blank.[1] The catalogue records the collector as Walter Elliot and the year as 1852, with no locality.[2][3]
Specimen and identification
The specimen is mounted on the left of a sheet it shares with Cleghorn s.n. (1859), which is catalogued separately as E00248824. A printed slip below the Elliot label reads Herb. H. F. C. Cleghorn. Presented by Major Sprot, 1896.[1]
The label names the plant Cannabis sativa. The catalogue records it as Cannabis sativa L.[1][2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Digitised sheet E00248823: Cannabis sativa L." RBGE IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Cannabis sativa L., specimen E00248823". Herbarium catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Occurrence 575173832: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 September 2026.