Feedback request: Mentha aquatica x spicata = M. x piperita (36076)

[portwild]

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Specimen #361982

Taxon:	Lamiaceae: Mentha aquatica x spicata = M. x piperita L. ("Peppermint")
Filed in taxon folder:	Lamiaceae: Mentha aquatica x spicata = M. x piperita L. ("Peppermint")
Collected by:	Mr Arthur Bennett
Collection date:	1888
Locality:	Cultivated Great Britain, VC17 Surrey, Croydon, TQ36, Root from Cornwall by W Curnow Hort Croydon
ex herb:	Mr William Hadden Beeby
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:
collector's number:	1223
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers
notes:	Site details are now in line with other specimens. There seems to be confusion between the collector W Curnow and the place Porthcurno.
Filing note:	Mentha pubescens (longifolia x aquatica)

Inferred details are marked.

Documented by portwild on 14^th April 2013.

Edit history

date	user	change
14/04/2013	portwild	Added locality: (cultivated) GB VC17 Croydon, Root from Cornwall by W Curnow Hort Croydon
14/04/2013	portwild	Added note: Site details are now in line with other specimens. There seems to be confusion between the collector W Curnow and the place Porthcurno.
14/04/2013	portwild	Deleted locality: GB VC1 Porth Curnow
14/04/2013	portwild	Deleted collection date: 8/7/1888
14/04/2013	portwild	Added collection date: 1888

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portwild wrote

Date and site are unclear to me

[Roger Horton]

Arthur Bennett has two other Mentha in 1888 (239283 and 361972). These have in writing and in print 'Hort Croydon' which may be what you have here. It may also be North of Cornwall by Mr Curnow, William Curnow, who seems to have collected specimens in Cornwall which AB later cultivated.