Feedback request: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis (1966.206.696)

[qgroom]

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Specimen #232274

Taxon:	Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis Sole ("Bushy Mint")
Filed in taxon folder:	Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis Sole ("Bushy Mint")
Locality:
ex herb:	William Sole
Institution:	National Museums Liverpool (LIV)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	no flowers

Documented by qgroom on 28^th March 2007.

Edit history

date	user	change
06/01/2011	oldnick	Added notes
06/01/2011	oldnick	Deleted locality: [illegible]
06/01/2011	oldnick	Added locality:
06/01/2011	oldnick	Added provenance: exherb Sole
07/01/2011	tom humphrey	Deleted note: [no site or date. Sole = William Sole? see message board]
07/01/2011	tom humphrey	Deleted provenance: exherb Sole
07/01/2011	tom humphrey	Added provenance: exherb William Sole

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qgroom wrote

Probably should be put in the bin

[leander]

Dear Quentin,

I'm not sure it should be binned. It's ex herb William Sole who died in 1802 so it's probably an 18th century specimen. He's also the author of the name Mentha x gracilis. I'd say the specimen, scrappy though it is, is of historic interest and possibly also has some taxonomic value.

Kind regards,

Leander