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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCaryophyllaceae: Stellaria
Classification 1Caryophyllaceae: Hesperostellaria
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00037985
Type StatusHolotype
CollectorW. B. Platt
CountryUnited States of America
StateMontana
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Montana: Madison County
LocalityNear Virginia City, Montana
Date Collected1871
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/23585de6-d3b2-4699-8635-f433c146a6e2
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00037985
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[Ex] Thos. C. Porter, Easton, PA. Lafayette College
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Type Status Holotype
Holotype of Stellaria dichotoma var. americana Porter ex B. L. Robinson
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2025-08-**
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Stellaria dichotoma var. americana Porter ex B. L. Robinson) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1894. 29: 289.
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Determination Hesperostellaria americana (Porter ex B. L. Robinson) Gang Yao, B. Xue & Z. Q. Song
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2025-08-**
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Determination Stellaria dichotoma var. americana Porter ex B. L. Robinson
Determined by[B. L. Robinson [scripsit]
Annotation Textn. var. Syn. Fl. N. Amer.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Protologue: "Collected near Virginia City, Montana, 1871, by W. B. Platt on the Hayden Survey, and sent to the Gray Herbarium by Prof. T. C. Porter."]

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