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Herbarium specimen: Koeleria vallesiana

Taxon:Poaceae: Koeleria vallesiana (Honck.) Gaudin ("Somerset Hair-grass")
named by James B Phipps 1/1961
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Koeleria vallesiana (Honck.) Gaudin ("Somerset Hair-grass")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:7/1889
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Brean Down, ST25
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Koeleria vallesiana herbarium specimen from Brean Down, VC6 North Somerset in 1889 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Renamed after G.C.Druce *rediscovered this plant in Oct[ober] 1904
* After finding a label of Dillenins dated 1926
K. vallesiana confirmed by E.S.M. [Rev. Edward Shearburn Marshall] 1/10/1906.
In 1904/1905 confirmed by Dr Stapf at Kew after Druce had made his discovery in Oct[ober] 1904

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Documented by hallucigenia on 18th March 2010.

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