Herbarium specimen: Salix viminalis x cinerea = S. x holosericea
Taxon: | Salicaceae: Salix viminalis x cinerea = S. x holosericea Willd. ("Silky-leaved Osier") |
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Filed in taxon folder: | Salicaceae: Salix viminalis x cinerea = S. x holosericea Willd. ("Silky-leaved Osier") |
Collected by: | Dr John (Joannis) Fraser |
Collection date: | 5/1881 [male catkins] 8/1881 [leaves] |
Locality: | Great Britain, VC39 Staffordshire, Field House, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, SO870988, Two small trees or shrubs 10 to 15 feet high, by side of small pool, Field House [at this date a country inn], Tettenhall, near Wolverhampton. |
ex herb: | Mr Frederick Townsend Mr Allan Octavian Hume Botanical Exchange Club of The British Isles |
Institution: | South London Botanical Institute (SLBI) |
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collector's number: | 20128 |
notes: | I consider your plants to be S. holosericea Willd. not Hook. I never saw a British specimen before. It would be very interesting if you could discover the female. Nov. 8, 1881. J.E. Leefe. I have no doubt of your plant being true S. holosericea Willd. Nov. 24, 1881. J.T. Boswell. |
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Documented by xmhcman on 15th February 2015.