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Herbarium specimen: Hypericum canadense

Taxon:Clusiaceae: Hypericum canadense L. ("Irish St John's-wort")
Filed in taxon folder:Clusiaceae: Hypericum canadense L. ("Irish St John's-wort")
Collection date:28/8/1906
Locality:Ireland, VCH16,VCH27, Toormakeady, M06, Glensaul, Toormakeady.
ex herb:Henry Haselfoot Haines
Institution:Aberystwyth University Herbarium (ABS)
Image:Hypericum canadense herbarium specimen from Toormakeady, VCH16,VCH27 in 1906.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:This specimen (originally thought to be H. linariifolium) predates by 48 years Prof Webb's discovery of H. canadense as new to the British Isles. It is referred to in Webb & Halliday in Watsonia.

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Documented by daniel king on 13th October 2008.

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