Fleming s.n., Simla (1849)
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| Fleming herbarium specimen, Shimla (1849) | |
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| Fleming s.n., Simla (1849) | |
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| Fleming s.n., Simla, held by the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh as catalogue E00248808 (CC BY-SA 2.5) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Province/State | Himachal Pradesh |
| District | Shimla District |
| Locality | Shimla |
| Coordinates | 31.10, 77.17 |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 1849-07 |
| Collector | A. Fleming |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Catalogue Number | E00248808 |
| Collector Number | Fleming, A. s.n. |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Fleming s.n., Simla is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa collected by Dr Andrew Fleming at Simla, now Shimla, in July 1849. Shimla is in Shimla District, Himachal Pradesh, India. The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh holds the sheet as catalogue E00248808.[1] GBIF publishes it as occurrence 574700660.[2]
Collection and locality
A handwritten label reads Urticaceae, Cannabis sativa, Simla and July 1849.[3] A printed label above it reads Punjaub Salt Range Plants. Collected by Dr. Fleming. Presented 1891.[3] Neither label gives an altitude, a habitat or a collection number.[3]
The catalogue records the collector as Andrew Fleming and the date as July 1849, with no locality.[1][2]
Specimen and identification
The handwritten label files the plant under Urticaceae, an older family placement for Cannabis. The RBGE catalogue places it in Cannabaceae and names it Cannabis sativa L.[3][1]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cannabis sativa L., specimen E00248808". Herbarium catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Occurrence 574700660: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Digitised sheet E00248808: Cannabis sativa L." RBGE IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 17 September 2026.