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Herbarium specimen: Oxalis stricta

Taxon:Oxalidaceae: Oxalis stricta L. ("Upright Yellow-sorrel")
Filed in taxon folder:Oxalidaceae: Oxalis stricta L. ("Upright Yellow-sorrel")
Collected by:Prof Charles Cardale Babington
Collection date:7/1839
Locality:Great Britain, VC1 West Cornwall, Penzance, SW42
ex herb:Mr Frederick Townsend
exchanged:Botanical Society of Edinburgh
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Oxalis stricta herbarium specimen from Penzance, VC1 West Cornwall in 1839 by Prof Charles Cardale Babington.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:[date likely to be 15 July 1839 when CCB records in his journal finding this plant in some orchards at 'Larriggan', [Lariggan] between Penzance and Newlyn]

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Oxalis strictaGB, VC1 West Cornwall, PenzanceElizabeth Anne Lomax8/1872SLBI
+Oxalis strictaGB, VC1 West Cornwall, PenzanceMr B1841SLBI

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Documented by johned on 27th October 2011.

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