Feedback request: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis (K001026778)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #378252

Taxon:	Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis Sole ("Bushy Mint")
Other name:	Mentha gentilis auct. non L. det. Rex Alan Henry Graham 26/3/1958 M x gentilis var gentilis
Filed in taxon folder:	Lamiaceae: Mentha arvensis x spicata = M. x gracilis Sole ("Bushy Mint")
Collected by:	Francis Morland Day
Collection date:	8/10/1940
Locality:	Great Britain, VC37 Worcestershire, Upton on Severn, SO84
Institution:	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Accession number:	K001026778
Image: © Kew

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Documented by oldnick on 5^th September 2014.

Edit history

date	user	change
06/09/2014	oldnick	Deleted locality: GB VC37 Alpton-on-Severn
06/09/2014	oldnick	Added locality: GB VC37 Upton-on-Severn
06/09/2014	oldnick	Deleted determiner's note: M x gentilis var gentilis
06/09/2014	oldnick	Added determiner's note: M x gentilis var gentilis
23/08/2016	chrisu	Deleted locality: GB VC37 Upton-on-Severn
23/08/2016	chrisu	Added locality: GB VC37 Upton on Severn
23/08/2016	chrisu	Deleted determiner's note: M x gentilis var gentilis
23/08/2016	chrisu	Added determiner's note: M x gentilis var gentilis

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oldnick wrote

I couldn't find 'Alpton-on-Severn' or similar. Day collected this species same month, but on R Teme. Surely can't be an error for Upton on Severn?

[Roger Horton]

I think this really is Upton. Day had the habit of starting his letter 'U' with a curl, see sheet 376314, and this is just an extreme case.

[oldnick]

By Jove you're right!