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Herbarium specimen: Euphorbia platyphyllos

Taxon:Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbia platyphyllos L. ("Broad-leaved Spurge")
Filed in taxon folder:Euphorbiaceae: Euphorbia platyphyllos L. ("Broad-leaved Spurge")
Collected by:Mary Ann Brooks
Locality:Great Britain, VC30 Bedfordshire, Flitwick, TL03
ex herb:Mary Ann Brooks
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Euphorbia platyphyllos herbarium specimen from Flitwick, VC30 Bedfordshire by Mary Ann Brooks.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Label reads "Euphorbia platyphylla - I sent to Dr Lindley to name". John Lindley, professor of botany at UCL and initiator of what has become the Chelsea Show, was a horticultural collaborator with Miss Brooks's father.

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Documented by hallucigenia on 24th May 2009.

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