Feedback request: Salix viminalis (35238)

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Specimen #307474

Taxon:	Salicaceae: Salix viminalis x caprea x cinerea = S. x calodendron Wimm. ("Holme Willow")
Other name:	Salicaceae: Salix viminalis L. ("Osier")
Filed in taxon folder:	Salicaceae: Salix viminalis L. ("Osier")
Collected by:	Mr John Thomas Irvine Boswell-Syme
Collection date:	5/1881
Locality:	Cultivated cult. at Balmuto; root from Rev. J E Leefe
ex herb:	Rev. Augustin Ley Botanical Exchange Club of The British Isles
Institution:	University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:
fruits/flowers:	no flowers
Filing note:	Salix viminalis / S. dasyclados Wimm.

Documented by oldnick on 6^th September 2010.

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oldnick wrote

I think the H@H entry as S viminalis is wrong, and have altered accordingly; the specimen looks more like S. x calodendron (= S x dasyclados Wimm) as per original label (S acuminata is a former name / synonym of S. x calodendron) - all info from'Stace' 2nd ed!