Feedback request: Dryopteris affinis subsp. borreri (1961)

[keith barnett]

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Specimen #259527

Taxon:	Dryopteridaceae: Dryopteris affinis subsp. borreri (Newman) Fraser-Jenk. named by Arthur Hugh Garfit Alston 10/1952
Filed in taxon folder:	Dryopteridaceae: Dryopteris affinis subsp. borreri (Newman) Fraser-Jenk.
Collected by:	V Jacobs
Collection date:	27/10/1950
Locality:	Great Britain, VC38 Warwickshire, Shirley, Bills Wood, SP113780, locally abundant, mixed woodland
ex herb:	Flora of Warwickshire Voucher Specimen
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
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Documented by lowfatspread on 17^th May 2008.

Checked by keith barnett

Edit history

date	user	change
06/09/2008	keith barnett	Added notes
06/09/2008	keith barnett	Deleted locality: GB VC38 Shirley, Bills wood, bills wood, Shirley, warwickshire vc 38 mixed woodland frequency:- Locally abundant. further particulars of habitat: WO - m 113780 (place)
06/09/2008	keith barnett	Added locality: GB VC38 Shirley, Bills wood, locally abundant, mixed woodland, map reference 113780.
06/09/2008	keith barnett	Deleted provenance: exherb (Flora of Warwickshire Voucher Specimen)
06/09/2008	tom humphrey	Deleted locality: GB VC38 Shirley, Bills wood, locally abundant, mixed woodland, map reference 113780.
06/09/2008	tom humphrey	Added locality: GB VC38 Shirley, Bills Wood, locally abundant, mixed woodland SP113780 (place)
03/11/2013	chrisu	Deleted note: Flora Of Warwickshire Voucher Specimen
03/11/2013	chrisu	Deleted locality: GB VC38 Shirley, Bills Wood, locally abundant, mixed woodland SP113780 (place)
03/11/2013	chrisu	Added locality: GB VC38 Shirley, Bills Wood, locally abundant, mixed woodland SP113780 (col)
03/11/2013	chrisu	Added provenance: exherb (Flora of Warwickshire Voucher Specimen)
03/11/2013	chrisu	Deleted provenance: exherb (Flora of Warwickshire Voucher Specimen)
03/11/2013	chrisu	Added provenance: exherb (Flora of Warwickshire Voucher Specimen)

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User comments about this sheet

keith barnett wrote

my attempt to correct the location to the above (the capital W)is being rejected: wherefore, please?

[Tom Humphrey]

Hi Keith,

do you mean the capitalization of 'Bills wood'? In this case, because the locality is in the place name dictionary, your correction to the capitalization would not register (as otherwise the two entries are identical).

Whenever a 'new' place name is entered, the system tries to match it against localities which have already been encountered (firstly matching against places that appear on the drop down list, then against any other known localities in the system).

This matching ignores the capitalization of the entries, so as to avoids a proliferation of entries that differ only in how they are formatted. This is generally the correct behaviour for most cases, but does cause problems in cases where a change was intentional.

The way localities are stored internally is intended to reuse place names as much as possible. The specimen record holds a reference to a placename entry ('Shirley, Bills wood') which can be shared between any other specimens from that locality. This has the advantage that related records can easily be associated and allows for more efficient searching.

I've corrected the capitalization by editing the database (something that I plan to provide a user-interface for, so that you could make the change yourself in the future). I've also added the Grid Reference, as looking up 'Bills Wood' it became clear that the grid reference used OS map sheet 'SP'.

regards,

Tom


OS Grid reference SP113780