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tonymundell



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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 3:28 pm    Post subject: Feedback request: Carex elongata (200705161127_1783) Reply with quote

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Specimen #238390

Taxon:Cyperaceae: Carex elongata L. ("Elongated Sedge")
Filed in taxon folder:Cyperaceae: Carex elongata L. ("Elongated Sedge")
Collected by:Mr William Hadden Beeby
Collection date:10/6/1888
Locality:Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, North Camp, SU85, Moist wood, near North Camp, Surrey VC17
Institution:Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS)
Image:Carex elongata herbarium specimen from North Camp, VC17 Surrey in 1888 by Mr William Hadden Beeby.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by nick law on 24th October 2007.

Checked by mossysal

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07/02/2011mossysalDeleted locality: GB VC17 Farnborough, Moist wood, near North Camp
07/02/2011mossysalAdded locality: GB VC12 Aldershot, North Camp, Moist wood, near North Camp SU8753
07/02/2011mossysalDeleted locality: GB VC12 Aldershot, North Camp, Moist wood, near North Camp SU8753
07/02/2011mossysalAdded locality: GB VC12 Aldershot, North Camp, Moist wood, near North Camp
23/12/2012tonymundellDeleted locality: GB VC12 Aldershot, North Camp, Moist wood, near North Camp
23/12/2012tonymundellAdded locality: GB VC17 North Camp, Moist wood, near North Camp, Surrey VC17

N.B. reporting of the edit history is currently fairly unclear and misleading. Most edits made to specimens appear as a pair of 'add' and 'delete' entries, which may not be together in the list. There are also often 'minor' edits, which are made automatically (rather than due to user activity), for example to merge synonym names.

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tonymundell wrote
This was digitised as at Aldershot, North Hampshire, VC12 BUT the specimen clearly says nothing about Aldershot or VC12, and makes it clear it was in Surrey VC17. To be precise I infer it was probably at SU8853 a known old location for Carex elongata. I have deleted the 'Aldershot' and inserted what is written on the specimen.


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PostPosted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thank you for correcting the documentation.

I think this type of mistake, though unfortunate is easy to make (particularly when picking names from an incomplete gazetteer).

As can be seen with this specimen, even Beeby was sometimes unclear himself (explicitly citing 'North Camp, Aldershot' on a VC17 herbarium label):

http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/318271/

there are several sheets where Beeby refers to Aldershot, Surrey interchangeably with Hampshire.
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