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Herbarium specimen: Poa alpina

Taxon:Poaceae: Poa alpina L. ("Alpine Meadow-grass")
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Poa alpina L. ("Alpine Meadow-grass")
Collected by:Prof Charles Cardale Babington
Collection date:9/8/1845
Locality:Great Britain, VC97 West Inverness-shire, Ben Nevis, NN17
ex herb:Prof George Stephen West
William West
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Poa alpina herbarium specimen from Ben Nevis, VC97 West Inverness-shire in 1845 by Prof Charles Cardale Babington.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:[misreading of Babington's date by West; corrected from Babington's Journal]

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Documented by hallucigenia on 11th March 2010.

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