Feedback request: Euonymus europaeus (210709_281)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #304705

Taxon:	Rhamnaceae: Frangula alnus Mill. ("Alder Buckthorn")
Filed in taxon folder:	Celastraceae: Euonymus europaeus L. ("Spindle")
Locality:	Orchard
ex herb:	Charles Ottley Groom
Institution:	Bolton Museum (BON)
Accession number:	30-07-13918
Image:
notes:	Lowest specimen

Documented by mossysal following initial work by oldnick on 30^th July 2010.

Edit history

date	user	change
22/08/2010	mossysal	Deleted determination (orig): Euonymus europaeus
22/08/2010	mossysal	Added note: Lowest specimen
22/08/2010	<system> (minor automatic edit)	Deleted provenance: exherb Mantua & Montferrat, H R H The Prince [Duke] of
22/08/2010	<system> (minor automatic edit)	Added provenance: exherb Charles Ottley Groom

Specimen #306191

Taxon:	Celastraceae: Euonymus europaeus L. ("Spindle")
Filed in taxon folder:	Celastraceae: Euonymus europaeus L. ("Spindle")
Locality:	Orchard
ex herb:	Charles Ottley Groom
Institution:	Bolton Museum (BON)
Accession number:	30-07-13918
notes:	upper two specimens

Documented by mossysal on 22^nd August 2010.

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User comments about this sheet

oldnick wrote

I suspect this species is Frangula alnus. Unable to identify site. Label written by C O Groom (alias Prince of M&M)

[mossysal]

I've had a look at Poland and also at the ones in my garden, and the obvious character against your theory is the minutely denticulate leaf margins which accord with E. europaeus. Hard to do on a photo.

[David Price]

A feature of Euonymus is the corky ridges on the twigs - which I do not see on these specimens.

[mossysal]

Only on >(2)3-year-old wood? But I do agree the flowers look more like F. alnus!

I am beginning to think this is a mixed collection and we are both right! The top two have all the chars, of E europaeus and the bottom one has shorter less acuminate lvs with entire margins and the fls of F alnus!
Just a thought!

[mossysal]

I got Martin Rand to look at this and he agrees that it is a mixed sheet. Have edited it acordingly.