Plowman s.n., Roxbury (1973), MO 2605928
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| Plowman s.n. herbarium specimen, Roxbury, Boston (1 October 1973) | |
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| Plowman s.n., Roxbury (1973), MO 2605928 | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Feral |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Province/State | Massachusetts |
| Locality | Roxbury |
| Coordinates | 42.33, -71.09 |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 1 October 1973 |
| Collector | T.C. Plowman |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Missouri Botanical Garden |
| Catalogue Number | MO 2605928, US 2852239 |
| Collector Number | Plowman, T.C. s.n. |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Plowman s.n., Roxbury is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa collected on 1 October 1973 by Timothy Plowman at Roxbury, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, from a plant growing spontaneously in a waste area. One sheet is held by the Missouri Botanical Garden and another by the National Museum of Natural History (US).[1][2]
Collection and locality
The typed label on the Missouri sheet reads No. S.N., ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, Coll. Timothy Plowman and Date: 1 Oct 1973. Tropicos, the garden's database, and the Smithsonian's catalogue both give the locality as Roxbury, Massachusetts, the date as 1 October 1973 and the number as s.n..[1][2] Roxbury is a neighbourhood of Boston.[3]
Field observations
The label describes the plant as a spontaneous herb 3 m. tall growing in waste area.[1]
Specimen and identification
The label names the plant Cannabis sativa L., and both catalogues file it under that name.[1][2] The Missouri sheet carries the herbarium's accession number 2605928; the Smithsonian sheet is US 2852239.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Occurrence 6561763441: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Occurrence 1320387774: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 11 October 2026.
- ↑ "Roxbury (Q20138)". Wikidata. Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 15 October 2026.