Feedback request: Koenigia islandica (41164)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #367495

Taxon:	Polygonaceae: Koenigia islandica L. ("Iceland-purslane")
Filed in taxon folder:	Polygonaceae: Koenigia islandica L. ("Iceland-purslane")
Collected by:	Donald Peter Young
Collection date:	30/7/1959
Locality:	Great Britain, VC104 North Ebudes, The Storr, NG45, Wet stony patches on mountain top, The Storr
ex herb:	Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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collector's number:	6791

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Documented by oldnick on 9^th January 2014.

Edit history

date	user	change
14/01/2014	tom humphrey	Deleted locality: GB VC104 Skye, Wet stony patches on mountain top, The Storr
14/01/2014	tom humphrey	Added locality: GB VC104 The Storr, Wet stony patches on mountain top, The Storr
14/01/2014	tom humphrey	Added provenance: exherb (Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society)

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oldnick wrote

I had understood this was around the date of this plant's discovery in Britain; but Stace 2 gives 1934. 'Diapensia was one of a trio of Arctic plants discovered in Scotland in the early 1950s. 'Although no new species to Britain had been discovered in Scotland since Victorian times, in 1950, the Arctic plant Koenigia islandica had been found on the Isle of Skye, and in 1952, Artemisia norvegica was found on Cùl Mòr' - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diapensia_lapponica

[sbungard]

The species was first collected in Britain from Skye in 1934 but not correctly identified until 1950. The Storr is a long way from NG52. The description of the site best fits that part of The Storr that is in NG44 - where this species is still frequent. Thanks for the data. Stephen (VC recorder for 104)