Feedback request: Cymbalaria muralis (K001010216)

[passiflora]

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Specimen #370004

Taxon:	Scrophulariaceae: Cymbalaria muralis P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. ("Ivy-leaved Toadflax")
Other name:	Scrophulariaceae: Linaria cymbalaria (L.) Mill.
Filed in taxon folder:	Scrophulariaceae: Cymbalaria muralis P. Gaertn., B. Mey. & Scherb. ("Ivy-leaved Toadflax")
Collected by:	William Macdonald Campbell
Locality:	Great Britain, River Thames, Thames Bank
Institution:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:	K001010216
Image: © Kew
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers

Documented by passiflora on 21^st February 2014.

Edit history

date	user	change
22/02/2014	tom humphrey	Deleted determination (orig): Linaria cymbalaria
22/02/2014	tom humphrey	Added determination (orig): Linaria cymbalaria
22/02/2014	tom humphrey	Added determination (orig): Cymbalaria muralis
22/02/2014	tom humphrey	Deleted locality: GB VC21 Thames Bank above Barnes Bridge
22/02/2014	tom humphrey	Added locality: GB River Thames, Thames Bank
22/02/2014	tom humphrey	Deleted provenance: exherb (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
22/02/2014	tom humphrey	Deleted collector: W M Bampbell
22/02/2014	tom humphrey	Added collector: William Macdonald Campbell

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[Tom Humphrey]

Hi Passiflora,

welcome to herb@home. You've been unlucky to have this specimen as one of your first sheets as it has very little information on it so is difficult to document.

I've made a couple of changes, I altered the taxon name back to the original default of 'Cymbalaria muralis' which is the currently accepted synonym of Linaria cymbalaria. In general, unless it's clear that the sheet is misidentified or misfiled then the default name already filled in on the form will be correct (even if it differs from the name used on the sheet). Using the current name makes it's easier for others to search for the specimen.

The location given on the sheet 'Thames Bank' is terribly vague. Although there was a Thames Bank entry on the drop-down place list it was too specific 'Thames bank above Barnes Bridge, Middlesex' - so instead it was best just to type in a new entry, leaving the county blank.

The collectors name isn't clearly written, but I take it to be 'W.M.Campbell' which probably matches the existing entry for William Macdonald Campbell.


Many sheets are far less problematic than this one.

best wishes,

Tom