Feedback request: Ranunculus auricomus (3145)

[kkopp]

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Specimen #316714

Taxon:	Ranunculaceae: Ranunculus auricomus L. ("Goldilocks Buttercup")
Filed in taxon folder:	Ranunculaceae: Ranunculus auricomus L. ("Goldilocks Buttercup")
Collected by:	Hugh Neville Dixon Harold Goodman Dixon
Collection date:	1878
Locality:	Great Britain, VC19 North Essex, Wickham Bishops, TL81
communicated:	Leslie Beeching Hall
ex herb:	Hugh Neville Dixon
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers
notes:	Ranunculus auricomus L., b. depauperatus, Syme "Petalless goldilocks"

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by kkopp on 12^th March 2011.

Checked by oldnick

Edit history

date	user	change
13/03/2011	kkopp	Added provenance: exherb Mrs H (Anne) Dixon
13/03/2011	kkopp	Added provenance: comm Leslie Beeching Hall
23/03/2013	chrisu	Deleted provenance: exherb Mrs H (Anne) Dixon
23/03/2013	chrisu	Added collector: Mrs H (Anne) Dixon
07/10/2014	<system> (minor automatic edit)	Deleted provenance: comm Leslie Beeching Hall
07/10/2014	xmhcman	Deleted collector: Mrs H (Anne) Dixon
07/10/2014	<system> (minor automatic edit)	Added provenance: comm Leslie Beeching Hall
07/10/2014	xmhcman	Added collector: Harold Goodman Dixon
21/11/2014	oldnick	Deleted locality: GB VC19 Wickham Bishops, Habitat: Dry woods
21/11/2014	oldnick	Added locality: GB VC19 Wickham Bishops

Specimen #316715

Taxon:	Ranunculaceae: Ranunculus auricomus L. ("Goldilocks Buttercup")
Filed in taxon folder:	Ranunculaceae: Ranunculus auricomus L. ("Goldilocks Buttercup")
Collected by:	Hugh Neville Dixon Harold Goodman Dixon
Collection date:	29/4/1878
Locality:	Great Britain, VC19 North Essex, Wickham Bishops, TL81, Pasture.
communicated:	Leslie Beeching Hall
ex herb:	Hugh Neville Dixon
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by kkopp on 12^th March 2011.

Checked by oldnick

Edit history

date	user	change
13/03/2011	kkopp	Added collector: Mrs H (Anne) Dixon
13/03/2011	kkopp	Added provenance: comm Leslie Beeching Hall
07/10/2014	xmhcman	Deleted collector: Mrs H (Anne) Dixon
07/10/2014	<system> (minor automatic edit)	Deleted provenance: comm Leslie Beeching Hall
07/10/2014	xmhcman	Added collector: Harold Goodman Dixon
07/10/2014	<system> (minor automatic edit)	Added provenance: comm Leslie Beeching Hall
21/11/2014	oldnick	Deleted locality: GB VC19 Wickham Bishops, Pasture. Habitat: Woods, chiefly on Limestone.
21/11/2014	oldnick	Added locality: GB VC19 Wickham Bishops, Pasture.

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kkopp wrote

Two questions; ought there not be another collector in the system, "H&H Dixon" or is that perhaps Mrs H Dixon with him? And what is "Comm:" as in "Comm: L.B. Hall"? and is it worth noting?

[Tom Humphrey]

I'm a bit unsure about the H & H D sheets. There are quite a lot of them, and most have been recorded as Hugh Neville Dixon and Mrs H Dixon, which may be problematic as the first name of Mrs Dixon was Mary - so the initial does not match. (while it's obviously possible that H D refers to 'Mrs Hugh Dixon' I'm not sure if that would be normal usage)

For the sake of consistency please document such sheets with two collectors:
Hugh Neville Dixon
Mrs H Dixon

if that proves to be incorrect then I can bulk edit all the affected sheets in one go. (at the very least Mrs H Dixon should probably eventually be changed to Mrs Mary Dixon née Pressland)

'Comm.' in this context means 'communicated by'. This can be recorded under the provenance names (usually 'ex herb' names) by changing the relation to 'communicated' rather than 'ex herb'. It's meaning is a bit vague - sometimes the person referred to is actually the collector, other times just a reference to someone who passed on the specimen.

[kkopp]

VERY helpful...cheers, k