Feedback request: Artemesia absinthium (25064)

[kenbalkow]

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Specimen #348020

Taxon:	Asteraceae: Artemisia absinthium L. ("Wormwood")
Filed in taxon folder:	Asteraceae: Artemisia absinthium L. ("Wormwood")
Collected by:	Mr Frederick Townsend
Collection date:	7/1844
Locality:	Great Britain, VC10 Isle of Wight, Ventnor, SZ57, Waste places
ex herb:	Mr Frederick Townsend
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by kenbalkow on 29^th November 2012.

Edit history

date	user	change
30/11/2012	kenbalkow	Added collector: Mr William Lowndes Notcutt
30/11/2012	wonastow	Deleted determination (orig): Artemisia absinthium
30/11/2012	wonastow	Added determination (orig): Artemisia absinthium
30/11/2012	kenbalkow	Deleted collector: Mr William Lowndes Notcutt
30/11/2012	kenbalkow	Added collector: Mr Frederick Townsend

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kenbalkow wrote

Collector not specified

[Roger Horton]

Handwriting looks like W L Notcutt.

[David Price]

I think the handwriting is Townsend's; see http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/345877/ . The example given at http://herbariaunited.org/collector/14556/ does not look like his.

The handwriting is not Notcutt's and I do not think he collected this specimen. For Notcutt's h/w see http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/239459/ and http://www3.hants.gov.uk/biology/collectors/bromfield-herbarium/bromfield-herbarium-contributers.htm

The chronological record shows that Townsend collected in IoW in 7/1844 and Notcutt in 8/1844 (which has supportive if not conclusive value).

I think the collector was Townsend.

[David Price]

Note the correct spelling of Artemisia.

[Tom Humphrey]

Thanks for spotting the taxon name error - it was mistake made when I uploaded the folder - I've corrected the entries.