Feedback request: Myriophyllum alterniflorum (20260)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #341252

Taxon:	Haloragaceae: Myriophyllum alterniflorum DC. ("Alternate Water-milfoil")
Filed in taxon folder:	Haloragaceae: Myriophyllum alterniflorum DC. ("Alternate Water-milfoil")
Collected by:	Joseph Woods
Collection date:	16/6/1842
Locality:	Laughton, Near Laughton Moor.
ex herb:	Mr Frederick Townsend Mr Allan Octavian Hume
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	mature flowers

Documented by johned on 14^th July 2012.

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date	user	change
01/10/2012	oldnick	Deleted collector: Mr Frederick Townsend
01/10/2012	oldnick	Added collector: Joseph Woods
01/10/2012	oldnick	Added provenance: exherb Mr Frederick Townsend

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oldnick wrote

I infer collector J Woods from handwriting, style of date. 'Upper ...?' faint pencil note added in Townsend's handwriting. I would guess the site is Laughton Common, at TQ495145 northeast of Lewes, Woods' usual area, of the numerous Laughtons in Britain. But Woods' nearest specimens by date are Lincolnshire 6/6, and Yorkshire 20/6. Moor has a more northern sound

[oldnick]

http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/361258/ same date, county not named, has been edited as Laughton Moor, East Sussex TQ41, NE of Lewes towards Uckfield and not far from Laughton - but this also may involve an assumption about the county

[Roger Horton]

A search of Woods specimens from June 1842 suggests a progression from North Lincs, to SW Yorks and then the Lake District. East Ferry (SK8199) where he collected on the 13th is just 4km west of Scotton Common and Laughton Wood (SK8599). The Laughton Woods Ponds (SK860995) are listed in Vegetation communities of British lakes: Annex D (2006) [pdf], suggesting the area is still of botanical interest.


OS Grid reference SK860995