Vašák s.n., Gosh (1974)
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| Vašák herbarium specimen, Areguni mountains near Gosh, Tavush Province, Armenia (1974) | |
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| Vašák s.n., Gosh (1974) | |
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| Vašák s.n., held by Meise Botanic Garden as BR0000023200326 (CC BY 4.0) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province/State | Tavush Province |
| Locality | Areguni mountains, not far from the village of Gosh, Dilizhan district, 1,800 m |
| Coordinates | 40.73, 45.00 |
| Elevation | 1800 m |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 5 October 1974 |
| Collector | V. Vašák |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Meise Botanic Garden |
| Catalogue Number | BR0000023200326 |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Vašák s.n. is a herbarium accession of cannabis gathered not far from the village of Gosh, in the Areguni mountains of the Dilizhan district, today's Tavush Province, Armenia, at 1,800 m on 5 October 1974 by V. Vašák. Meise Botanic Garden holds the sheet as BR0000023200326.[1]
Collection and locality
The label is a printed form, V. Vašák : Iter Caucasicum 1974 (V. Vašák: Caucasian journey, 1974), filled in by typewriter: Cannabis sativa L., Habitat: Caucasus, montes Areguni, distr. Dilishan, haud procul a pago Gosh. Alt. 1800 m s. m. (Caucasus, Areguni mountains, Dilizhan district, not far from the village of Gosh; 1,800 m above sea level), Die: 5. 10. 1974 and Legit: V. Vašák; the lines for a flora and a number are blank.[2] The catalogue gives the collector, the date and Caucasus, montes Areguni, with no point.[1][3] Gosh is a village of the Dilijan municipality of the Tavush Province, at about 1,200 m on the Getik; the Areguni range forms the watershed between the basins of the Little Sevan and the Getik.
Specimen and identification
The sheet carries one large, much-branched plant with dense, leafy tops.[2] The label names it Cannabis sativa L., the name under which the catalogue files it. A printed slip above the label records that stem tissue was taken from the specimen for DNA by Christopher J. Grassa of the Economic Botany collections at Harvard on 2 July 2018, for a study headed Population dynamics in Cannabaceae.[2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Occurrence 2243247646: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Digitised sheet BR0000023200326: Cannabis sativa L." Meise IIIF image service. Meise Botanic Garden. Retrieved 12 October 2026.
- ↑ "Cannabis sativa L., specimen BR0000023200326". Botanical Collections. Meise Botanic Garden. Retrieved 12 October 2026.