Feedback request: Salix fragilis x alba = S. x viridis (42574)

[alex lockton]

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Specimen #380581

Taxon:	Salicineae: Salix x viridis Fr.
Filed in taxon folder:	Salicineae: Salix x viridis Fr.
Collected by:	Rev. William Allport Leighton
Locality:	Great Britain, VC40 Shropshire, Shrewsbury, SJ51
ex herb:	Mr Frederick Townsend Mr Allan Octavian Hume
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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collector's number:	20054

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Documented by xmhcman on 11^th November 2014.

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alex lockton wrote

I'm not convinced this is S. x viridis. It looks like russelliana, as Leighton said.

[David Price]

The "Bedford Willow". See http://archive.org/stream/englishbotanyorc08sowerich#page/208/mode/2up

[alex lockton]

Ah, OK, so they are synonyms. But what is the willow. It looks like S. x fragilis to me.