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Herbarium specimen: Sorbus latifolia

Taxon:Rosaceae: Sorbus latifolia (Lam.) Pers. ("Broad-leaved Whitebeam")
Filed in taxon folder:Rosaceae: Sorbus torminalis (L.) Crantz ("Wild Service-tree")
Collection date:5/10/1902
Locality:Great Britain, VC16 West Kent, Chiddingstone, TQ44
ex herb:Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society
Henry Franklin Parsons
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Sorbus latifolia herbarium specimen from Chiddingstone, VC16 West Kent in 1902.
collector's number:2. CN/3865
fruits/flowers:no flowers
notes:The specimen at the top of the sheet is not named and is distinct from the Sorbus torminalis specimen labelled at the bottom. It resembles the S. torminalis group hybrids and the rounded leaf base and acute leaf lobes suggests Sorbus latifolia. Sorbus torminalis is locally widespread in the Chiddingstone area.

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Sorbus torminalisGB, VC21 Middlesex, Kilburn1866SLBI

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Documented by oldnick on 21st May 2012.

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