Wight s.n. (1821)
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| Wight herbarium specimen, Peninsular India (1821) | |
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| Wight s.n. (1821) | |
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| Robert Wight's Cannabis sheet E00248604 at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (CC BY-SA 2.5) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| Locality | Peninsular India |
| Traditional Names | |
| Local Name | Gunjah |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 1821-10 |
| Collector | Robert Wight |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh |
| Catalogue Number | E00248604 |
| Collector Number | s.n. |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Wight s.n. is an accession record for a pressed Cannabis sativa specimen associated with Robert Wight and dated October 1821. Its labels place it broadly in Peninsular India, and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh holds the sheet as catalogue E00248604.[1] GBIF publishes it as occurrence 575031386.[2]
Collection and locality
The sheet carries the printed labels Herb. Wight. propr. and Peninsula Ind. Orientalis. A handwritten annotation dates the material to October 1821.[3] No more precise locality, altitude or habitat is stated.[3]
Recorded local name and identification
A separate label records the name Gunjah.[3] The handwritten taxonomic annotation reads Cannabis ♀ indica Wt.; the RBGE catalogue and GBIF publish the sheet under Cannabis sativa L.[3][1][2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cannabis sativa L., specimen E00248604". Herbarium catalogue. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Occurrence 575031386: Cannabis sativa". GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Digitised sheet E00248604: Cannabis sativa". IIIF image service. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
