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Herbarium specimen: Centaurium erythraea

Taxon:Gentianaceae: Centaurium erythraea Rafn ("Common Centaury")
Filed in taxon folder:Gentianaceae: Centaurium erythraea Rafn ("Common Centaury")
Collected by:Rev. Edward Shearburn Marshall
Collection date:11/10/1888 to 12/10/1888
Locality:Great Britain, VC1 West Cornwall, Lizard, SW61, Damp ground in several parts of the Lizard Downs, very marked; usually only a few plants
ex herb:Mr William Hadden Beeby
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Centaurium erythraea herbarium specimen from Lizard, VC1 West Cornwall in 1888 by Rev. Edward Shearburn Marshall.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:A very curious form; I am cultivating it. (ESM)
Filing note:Erythraea centaurium

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Centaurium erythraeaGB, VC17 Surrey, Cranleigh, Vachery PondWilliam Hadden Beeby21/8/1884SLBI
+Centaurium erythraeaGB, VC15 East Kent, PostlingWilliam Hadden Beeby3/7/1887SLBI

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Documented by xmhcman on 6th January 2013.

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