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Specimen #318436

Taxon:	Berberidaceae: Berberis L.
Filed in taxon folder:	Berberidaceae: Berberis L.
Collected by:	Rev. Edward Shearburn Marshall Mr Spencer Henry Bickham
Collection date:	17/8/1908
Locality:	Great Britain, VC5 South Somerset, Bossington, SS84, hedge
ex herb:	Mr Spencer Henry Bickham William Robert Sherrin
exchanged:	Watson Botanical Exchange Club
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
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fruits/flowers:	seeds/fruits
notes:	'B vulgaris x aquifolium'
Filing note:	Berberis hybrids

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Documented by oldnick on 25^th April 2011.

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oldnick wrote

Leaves too spiny & fruits too globular for B vulgaris & this doesn't hybridise with M aquifolium? Looks like B glaucocarpa which is 'long naturalised in hedges in S Somerset' (Stace 2)