Feedback request: Viola riviniana (14948)

[David Price]

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Specimen #292834

Taxon:	Violaceae: Viola riviniana Rchb. ("Common Dog-violet")
Filed in taxon folder:	Violaceae: Viola riviniana Rchb. ("Common Dog-violet")
Collected by:	Rev. Augustin Ley
Collection date:	6/6/1897
Locality:	Great Britain, VC36 Herefordshire, King's Caple, SO52, lane
ex herb:	Rev. Augustin Ley
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	seeds/fruits
notes:	"Whitsunday 1897" det E S Gregory

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Documented by wonastow on 23^rd March 2010.

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wonastow wrote

This is the only example I have seen so far of Parson Ley collecting a plant on a Sunday.

[Tom Humphrey]

I was curious about this - for some collectors I think the convention was rigidly observed.

I've been looking for ways to try to automatically validate records (looking for characteristics of a record which make it improbable) - collection weekday may be usable as one of a number of indicators.


For Ley collection day results are as follows:

Monday 685
Tuesday 911
Wednesday 922
Thursday 897
Friday 718
Saturday 470
Sunday 157



(this includes only specimens for which Ley is entered as the collector, rather than just ex herb, where the collection date is entered precisely)

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[David Price]

So Ley wasn't a strict Sabbatarian but work evidently restricted his time spent on botany on Sundays. I wonder if the Quakers were more observant.
Thanks for your interesting remarks.
David