Feedback request: Chenopodium bonus-henricus (39067)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #365414

Taxon:	Chenopodiaceae: Chenopodium bonus-henricus L. ("Good-King-Henry")
Filed in taxon folder:	Chenopodiaceae: Chenopodium bonus-henricus L. ("Good-King-Henry")
Collection date:	1843
Locality:	Great Britain, VC55 Leicestershire, Calke, SK32
ex herb:	Mr Frederick Townsend
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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Documented by oldnick on 8^th December 2013.

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oldnick wrote

Although the pencil note suggests ?Dr Eyre Champion de Crespigny as collector, the handwriting equally resembles F Townsend's I would say. Numerous sheets labelled in this way exist, and so far on searching I find cases where Townsend has collected similar in the county concerned eg http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/338292/?image whereas Crespigny seems to have no definite examples from that county

[David Price]

I agree.

Compare Townsend http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/358799/ with Champion de Crespigny http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/290762/.

Townsend's is a somewhat 'scruffier' hand; C de C's is more controlled.

C de C's specimens are seldom ex herb Townsend, unless signed and having passed through an Exchange Club.