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Herbarium specimen: Alopecurus aequalis

Taxon:Poaceae: Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. ("Orange Foxtail")
named by James B Phipps 11/1960
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. ("Orange Foxtail")
Collected by:William Edmund Beckwith
Collection date:7/5/1887 ? implied
Locality:Great Britain, VC40 Shropshire, Mere Pool, SJ5110
ex herb:Rev. Augustin Ley
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Alopecurus aequalis herbarium specimen from Mere Pool, VC40 Shropshire in 1887 by William Edmund Beckwith.Alopecurus aequalis herbarium specimen from Mere Pool, VC40 Shropshire in 1887 by William Edmund Beckwith.Alopecurus aequalis herbarium specimen from Mere Pool, VC40 Shropshire in 1887 by William Edmund Beckwith.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:2 letters attached from William Beckwith 'Eaton Constantine, Iron Bridge, Salop' presumably to Ley 'My Dear Sir, will you kindly excuse a stranger addressing you ... etc' [questioning identification]

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Documented by oldnick following initial work by qgroom on 23rd December 2009.

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