Feedback request: Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima (39123)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #365206

Taxon:	Chenopodiaceae: Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang. ("Sea Beet")
Other name:	Beta maritima
Filed in taxon folder:	Chenopodiaceae: Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang. ("Sea Beet")
Collection date:	7/1844
Locality:	Great Britain, VC10 Isle of Wight, Steephill, SZ57, cliffs near
ex herb:	Mr Frederick Townsend Mr Allan Octavian Hume
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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collector's number:	23765

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Documented by oldnick on 3^rd December 2013.

Specimen #365207

Taxon:	Chenopodiaceae: Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang. ("Sea Beet")
Other name:	Beta maritima
Filed in taxon folder:	Chenopodiaceae: Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima (L.) Arcang. ("Sea Beet")
Collected by:	Hauptman Karl Kellner von Köllenstein
Locality:	Germany, Venedig, Germany, auf dem lido bei Venedig
ex herb:	Mr Frederick Townsend Mr Allan Octavian Hume
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
collector's number:	23765
notes:	no date.

Documented by oldnick on 3^rd December 2013.

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oldnick wrote

Apparently Venedig is the German name for Venice, and a number of watery holiday spots in Germany are called 'Klein Venedig' or similar. I may have mistranscribed the collector's name?!

[Roger Horton]

He's the man. See Koellensteinia: "The generic name honours Austrian military Captain Kellner von Koellenstein, grower and collector of tropical plants during the 19th century." (1802 - 1883).

[Roger Horton]

He appears to have collected this taxon 'auf dem lido bei Venedig', see page 39 in this document about Beta. The Lido is a sand-bar 11km long, between the sea and the lagoon.