Feedback request: Polygonum (40438)

[oldnick]

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Specimen #366375

Taxon:	Polygonaceae: Polygonum L.
Filed in taxon folder:	Polygonaceae: Polygonum L.
Collection date:	1/9/1864
Locality:	Great Britain, VC32 Northamptonshire, Pipewell, SP8385, [N of Kettering]
ex herb:	Mr Frederick Townsend
Institution:	South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:
notes:	'diffuse'[??]
Filing note:	Polygonum sp.

Documented by oldnick on 24^th December 2013.

Edit history

date	user	change
29/12/2013	oldnick	Added note: 'diffuse'[??]
29/12/2013	oldnick	Deleted locality: [illegible]
29/12/2013	oldnick	Added locality: GB VC32 Pipewell, [N of Kettering] SP8385 (place)

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User comments about this sheet

oldnick wrote

I couldn't find any 'Pipswell' or similar place; Townsend's other specimens this date are from Alscot (Park) near Atherstone on Stour SP2050

[David Price]

Sometimes a double-s in the old orthography (i.e. with a long s) has been misread - as in those cases where 'Russell' (Rufsell) was read as Rupell.

[oldnick]

Sounds like a good place for a drink. Your suggestion has led me on a very redolent tour of the gazetteer but things remain fluid. Thanks for pooling your ideas anyway

[oldnick]

Luckily a similar sheet has now turned up, from Pipewell near Kettering, Northamptonshire SP8385 http://herbariaunited.org/specimen/365777/