Feedback request: Aristolochia clematitis (41202)

[wshuff]

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Specimen #368259

Taxon:	Aristolochiaceae: Aristolochia clematitis L. ("Birthwort")
Filed in taxon folder:	Aristolochiaceae: Aristolochia clematitis L. ("Birthwort")
Collection date:	6/1846
Locality:	Great Britain, [Unclear locality - both Salisbury and Chelsea are listed. Possibly cultivated]
communicated:	Dr Wilkes
ex herb:	Dr John Ralfs
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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Documented by wshuff on 24^th January 2014.

Edit history

date	user	change
24/01/2014	tom humphrey	Deleted provenance: exherb John Roberts
24/01/2014	tom humphrey	Added provenance: exherb Dr John Ralfs
24/01/2014	tom humphrey	Added collection date: 6/1846
27/01/2014	wshuff	Deleted locality: GB VC8 Salisbury
27/01/2014	wshuff	Added locality: GB, [Unclear locality - both Salisbury and Chelsea are listed. Possibly cultivated]

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wshuff wrote

Can anyone decipher the words and number on the small label below "Aristolochia clematis"?

[oldnick]

It looks as if Tom has beaten us to it, entering the date. I read it as June 1846 Chelsea. This may suggest that the specimen is from Chelsea (eg the Physic Garden) and Dr Wilks from Salisbury - or possibly that the plant originated from one place and was cultivated at the other! I searched Wilkes and Ralfs specimens but found none that gave any clue. Best to put something in the notes field such as 'also marked Chelsea'.