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Herbarium specimen: Sorbus aria

Taxon:Rosaceae: Sorbus aria (L.) Crantz ("Common Whitebeam")
named by Timothy C G Rich 2011
Other name:Rosaceae: Sorbus latifolia (Lam.) Pers. ("Broad-leaved Whitebeam")
Filed in taxon folder:Rosaceae: Sorbus latifolia (Lam.) Pers. ("Broad-leaved Whitebeam")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:30/5/1922
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Nightingale Valley, Clifton, ST57, South of; top of precipice
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Sorbus aria herbarium specimen from Nightingale Valley, Clifton, VC6 North Somerset in 1922 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Flowers in dense racemes, small, tomentum slightly yellowish grey, leaves lobed and serrate PTO. 'Presumably S latifolia' - C C Laconte; 'var decipiens' - det J W White; in Report WBEC 1922 p215.

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 taxonlocalitycollectorsdateinstitution
+Sorbus ariaGB, VC6 North Somerset, Leigh WoodsHarold Stuart Thompson30/5/1922BIRM
+Sorbus ariaGB, VC6 North Somerset, Nightingale Valley, CliftonHarold Stuart Thompson30/5/1922BIRM
+Sorbus ariaGB, VC6 North Somerset, Nightingale Valley, CliftonHarold Stuart Thompson25/5/1922 to 30/5/1922BIRM

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