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Herbarium specimen: Apera spica-venti

Taxon:Poaceae: Apera spica-venti (L.) P. Beauv. ("Loose Silky-bent")
named by James B Phipps 1960
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Apera spica-venti (L.) P. Beauv. ("Loose Silky-bent")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:16/7/1931
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Berrow Dunes, ST25, In the "strand" zone at H.W. mark
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Apera spica-venti herbarium specimen from Berrow Dunes, VC6 North Somerset in 1931 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Packet seeds labelled Apera spica-venti berrow sands 16/7/1931 H.S.T. and awns longer than in A. interupa.
Cutting labelled W.B.E.C. report [proof]
Leaves narrower then usual Panicles up to 19cms or 20 cms i.e. rather smaller then usual.
But this is not A. interupa w[hich] W.D.Miller reports in lit[erature] having seen at Berrow. H.S.T.

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Documented by hallucigenia on 12th January 2010.

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