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Herbarium specimen: Catabrosa aquatica

Taxon:Poaceae: Catabrosa aquatica (L.) P. Beauv. ("Whorl-grass")
Other name:Catabrosa aquatica var. littoralis Kittel.
named by James B Phipps & Alexander Somerville 1898

J B P in 1960.

Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Catabrosa aquatica (L.) P. Beauv. ("Whorl-grass")
Collected by:Mr Alexander Somerville
Collection date:29/7/1898
Locality:Great Britain, VC75 Ayrshire, Ardneil Bay, NS1848, "Moist shore sand"
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Mr Alexander Somerville
exchanged:Watson Botanical Exchange Club
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Catabrosa aquatica herbarium specimen from Ardneil Bay, VC75 Ayrshire in 1898 by Mr Alexander Somerville.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:"Prof Haekel considers this only a state not a variety of the plant"

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Documented by mikedaps on 28th March 2010.

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