Feedback request: Atriplex laciniata (39474)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #366050

Taxon:	Chenopodiaceae: Atriplex laciniata L. ("Frosted Orache")
Filed in taxon folder:	Chenopodiaceae: Atriplex laciniata L. ("Frosted Orache")
Locality:	Poland, Wroclaw, 'Bresslau'
ex herb:	Mr Frederick Townsend
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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Documented by johned following initial work by oldnick on 19^th December 2013.

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date	user	change
28/10/2014	johned	Deleted locality:
28/10/2014	johned	Added locality: Bresslau Poland
29/03/2015	xmhcman	Deleted locality: Bresslau Poland
29/03/2015	xmhcman	Added locality: PL Wroclaw, 'Bresslau'

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oldnick wrote

Bresslau - a collector, or Wroclaw Poland?

[Roger Horton]

Searching the internet reveals that the old name for Wrocław could be spelled either Bresslau or Breslau, the latter being more common. Bresslau is also a surname, though I have been unable to find a botanist.

[David Price]

The style of handwriting suggests the early to mid- Nineteenth century when the Silesian city of Bresslau was part of Prussia (later part of the unified German Empire). This specimen may have been ex herb Woods, though not necessarily so.