Very difficult calligraphy
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Specially when the writer describes the species, I had a lot of trouble identifying them. I hope someone is better than me because even the names weren't the official ones according to some data base.
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kathcas79
scientist
Hi TerraSpatiale - some of the handwritten labels are indeed very difficult to decipher! We are happy for transcribers to give these labels a go, but to move on to the next sheet if handwriting illegible/too difficult!
For changes to species names, we have some information on this in the [?] button on the Transcribe page (located above the centre top of specimen sheet) :
Species: if no species name appears in the species field, please transcribe the species name verbatim as it appears on the label. Please note: Historical herbarium sheet labels often record a former name or names for a specimen which differ from the currently accepted name.
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