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Herbarium specimen: Sorbus aucuparia x intermedia

Taxon:Rosaceae: Sorbus aucuparia x intermedia
named by Timothy C G Rich 11/2001
Other name:
named by John Thomas Irvine Boswell-Syme
Other name:
named by William Henry Purchas 1879
Collected by:Rev. William Henry Purchas
Collection date:1879
Locality:Great Britain, VC39 Staffordshire, Alstonfield, garden specimen, Alstonfield [Alstonefield], Staffordshire, SK15
ex herb:Mr Charles Bailey
exchanged:Botanical Exchange Club
Institution:Manchester Museum (MANCH)
Accession number:MANCH.323390.Kk803
notes:
'Sent from a shrubbery at Yetholm, Roxburgh, June 26th, 1879, by Mr. A. BROTHERSTON; also from a garden tree at Alstonfield, Staffordshire, by Rev. W.H. PURCHAS. Both plants are accepted by Dr. Boswell as what he intends by the above name.' [Botanical Exchange Club report attached to EM323389].

'Differing from typical S. x pinnatifida auct. in NOT having free leaflets on lateral rosette leaves; I'm not sure what it is but it is clearly related to pinnatifida' [determination by Dr TCG Rich, NMW, 7/11/2001 on EM323391].

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