Feedback request: Galium palustre (23256)

[Roger Horton]

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Specimen #347207

Taxon:	Galium palustre L. ("Marsh-bedstraw")
Other name:	Galium palustre var. witheringii named by William Hadden Beeby
Filed in taxon folder:	Galium palustre L. ("Marsh-bedstraw")
Collected by:	Mr William Hadden Beeby
Collection date:	28/8/1884
Locality:	Cultivated Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Ockley, TQ13
ex herb:	Mr William Hadden Beeby
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	seeds/fruits
notes:	Galium palustre var. witheringii
Filing note:	Galium palustre var witheringii

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by xmhcman on 22^nd November 2012.

Edit history

date	user	change
22/11/2012	tom humphrey	Added determination (orig): Galium palustre var witheringii
22/11/2012	tom humphrey	Deleted locality: (cultivated) GB VC17 Ockley, witheringii TQ13 (place)
22/11/2012	tom humphrey	Added locality: (cultivated) GB VC17 Ockley
22/11/2012	tom humphrey	Added determiner: Mr William Hadden Beeby

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User comments about this sheet

xmhcman wrote

Should taxon be 'Galium palustre var. witheringii' as per label?

[Tom Humphrey]

I'm often unsure how old varietal names should be treated by herb@home. Many of the names are no-longer recognized and so including them may just add spurious complexity to the records. However a good case could be made for including all the names, particularly with a collection such as SLBI's where many of the varieties are still filed separately.

I've edited the sheet to add 'var witheringii' as the original name assigned by the collector. If you want to include varietal names than that is probably the 'correct' way to do it.

If (as is likely) you find cases where a significant varietal name has been incorrectly ignored, then please do highlight the problem.

regards,

Tom