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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsclepiadaceae: Asclepias
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (3 items with 2 preparations)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00026929; 00375453
Other Barcodes on Sheet00375452
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1689
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Mexico
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Mexico: Grant County
Locality[at the Copper Mines (Santa Rita del Cobre)]
Date Collected1851-08-06
Habitat[stony hills]
Organism/Item1 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/721ec9ff-ee46-4c95-84ca-2da66ea63048
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00026929
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Type Status Holotype
Holotype of Asclepias quinquedentata A. Gray
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2013
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Asclepias quinquedentata A. Gray) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1877. 12: 71.
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias quinquedentata A. Gray
Determined by[A. Gray (scrisit) W. T. Kittredge, 2013]
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Textn. sp. Syn. Fl. N. Amer. & Ed. 2.
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias verticillata Linnaeus
Determined by[A. Gray (scrisit) W. T. Kittredge, 2013]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Textvar.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Organism/Item2 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/c5e38b74-c357-4ce2-9c01-c62f88ab3ed3
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00375453
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[Ex] Herb. John A. Lowell. Transferred from the Boston Society of Natural History to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, October 2, 1941
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Asclepias quinquedentata A. Gray
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2013
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
Taxon Reference(for Asclepias quinquedentata A. Gray) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1877. 12: 71.
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias verticillata Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Textvar.
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [195MB]
Full Quality [3MB]
Thumbnail image of sheet
Full Quality [33MB]
Remarks[Data from Wright's notes for field #196, 2nd coll. Gray’s citation of the San Pedro River in the protologue is an error, that is the locality for field #196, 1st coll., which is Asteraceae in Wright’s notes. det. W. T. Kittredge, 2013]

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