Ludlow 15714 (1947)
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| Ludlow, Sherriff and Elliot 15714 herbarium specimen, Shoga Dzong (1947) | |
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| Ludlow 15714 (1947) | |
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| Ludlow, Sherriff and Elliot 15714, held by Naturalis Biodiversity Center as L.1592632 (CC0) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Feral |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| Province/State | Tibet |
| Locality | Shoga Dzong |
| Elevation | 3200 m |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 15 September 1947 |
| Collector | F. Ludlow |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Naturalis Biodiversity Center |
| Catalogue Number | L.1592632 |
| Collector Number | Ludlow, Sherriff & Elliot 15714 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Ludlow 15714 is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa collected on dry open ground at Shoga Dzong, in southeastern Tibet, China, at 10,500 feet on 15 September 1947 by Frank Ludlow, George Sherriff and H. H. Elliot. The Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden holds the sheet as L.1592632.[1]
Collection and locality
The printed label is headed Ex Herbario Musei Britannici (from the herbarium of the British Museum) and Flora of South-East Tibet. It gives the locality as Shoga Dzong, the altitude as 10,500ft. and the date as 15.9.1947, and prints the collectors as F. Ludlow, G. Sherriff, & H. H. Elliot, number 15714.[2] The catalogue gives the collectors, the number, the date and the altitude as 3,201 m, with no locality.[1] The label's 10,500 feet is about 3,200 m.
Habitat and description
The label reads Green flower with dark green calyx. On dry open ground.[2]
Specimen and identification
The sheet carries three pieces of the plant: two flowering branches and a lower stem with roots. The label names it Cannabis sativa L., the name the catalogue records.[2][1] Leiden also catalogues the folder in which the sheet is kept, as L.1163577, labelled Cannabis sativa, Tibet and Ludlow c.s. 15714.[3] Two years later Ludlow and Sherriff collected cannabis in Bhutan: Ludlow 19635 (1949).
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Occurrence 2513886699: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Specimen L.1592632". Naturalis Bioportal. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Retrieved 8 October 2026.
- ↑ "Specimen L.1163577". Naturalis Bioportal. Naturalis Biodiversity Center. Retrieved 8 October 2026.