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Herbarium specimen: Cerastium nigrescens

Taxon:Caryophyllaceae: Cerastium nigrescens (H.C. Watson) Edmondston ex H.C. Watson ("Arctic Mouse-ear")
Other name:Caryophylleae: Cerastium arcticum subsp. edmondstonii Beeby
Collected by:Mr William Hadden Beeby
Collection date:30/8/1887
Locality:Great Britain, VC112 Shetland, Unst, HP60
Institution:Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI)
Image:Cerastium nigrescens herbarium specimen from Unst, VC112 Shetland in 1887 by Mr William Hadden Beeby.Cerastium nigrescens herbarium specimen from Unst, VC112 Shetland in 1887 by Mr William Hadden Beeby.
ocrnotes:Cerastium arcticum, Lange, var. Edmotisionii, Beeby. Serpentine Hills, Unst, 30th August, 18S7.--W. H. Beeby. Mr. Beeby is the authority for the varietal name of this species, and not Watson, as given in the Lond. Cat. under C. alpinunt.
Filing note:BEC Report 1887

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Cerastium nigrescensGB, VC112 Shetland, Baltasound, UnstWilliam Hadden Beeby30/8/1887MANCH
+Cerastium nigrescensGB, VC112 Shetland, UnstWilliam Hadden Beeby30/8/1887SLBI

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Viola tricolor subsp. curtisiiGB, VC60 West Lancashire, BlackpoolCharles Bailey2/6/1887BSBI
+Viola tricolor subsp. curtisiiIE, VCH2 North Kerry, BannaReginald Wiliam Scully8/1887BSBI
+Dianthus plumariusGB, VC49 Caernarvonshire, ConwayJ Fraser
John Edwards Griffith
6/1887
7/1887
BSBI
+Cerastium arvenseGB, VC26 West Suffolk, EustonEdward Francis Linton24/5/1887BSBI
+Stellaria mediaGB, VC34 West Gloucestershire, TortworthJames Walter White1887BSBI
+Stellaria palustrisGB, VC6 North Somerset, Shapwick MoorJames Walter White7/1886BSBI
+Minuartia hybrida subsp. tenuifoliaGB, VC23 Oxfordshire, OsneyGeorge Claridge Druce7/1886BSBI

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