Feedback request: Atriplex prostrata (39352)

[wshuff]

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Specimen #365523

Taxon:	Chenopodiaceae: Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC. ("Spear-leaved Orache")
Other name:	Chenopodiaceae: Atriplex hastata sensu L.(1754), non L.(1753)
Filed in taxon folder:	Chenopodiaceae: Atriplex prostrata Boucher ex DC. ("Spear-leaved Orache")
Collected by:	Mr William Hadden Beeby
Collection date:	7/9/1872 [Year assumed to be 1872 from similar sheets]
Locality:	Great Britain, VC16 West Kent, Forest Hill, TQ37, Waste ground near railway
ex herb:	Mr William Hadden Beeby
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:
Filing note:	Atriplex hastata var deltoidea

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Documented by wshuff on 11^th December 2013.

Edit history

date	user	change
13/12/2013	wshuff	Deleted collection date: 7/9/1870
23/12/2013	wshuff	Added notes
03/01/2014	wshuff	Deleted note: Date is listed as 7 Sept 187-
03/01/2014	wshuff	Added collection date: 7/9/1872 [Year assumed to be 1872 from similar sheets]

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User comments about this sheet

wshuff wrote

I have 3 questions about this one (one of the first I've done):
The year "187-" as listed is not accepted in the date field, nor is "187?". How should I enter it?
Are the fruits/flowers "mature flowers" or "seeds/fruits"?
Is "1310" the collector's number?
Thanks.

[oldnick]

My sympathy, as everyone seems to get an unusual sheet first time!
Sadly the box only accepts 'actual' dates, and the remedies are either to put the entry in the '...' box alongside the date, or in the 'notes' box - some people put a date in 2 boxes, ie 'from' 1870 'to' 1879 but I think this is confusing.
Faced with a plnt that has both flowers and fruits, we are asked to enter the 'senior' state - ie fruits.
Only a few collectors number their sheets, and this one is the far more usual catalogue number, perhaps from the London Catalogue - and of no value for our purposes.
As you've perhaps guessed, some sheets either lack basic information, or it can't be decided with certainty - eg the flowering state of some Atriplex specimens! So if in real doubt leave blank, or add a note or user comment in a box!
Will doubtless soon all make sense.

[wshuff]

Thanks for the very helpful feedback.