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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationEuphorbiaceae: Euphorbia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00063322
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1837
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
LocalityN. Mex.
Date Collected1851 - 1852
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2efca806-ce3e-412e-8dc4-c7a256f01ce4
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00063322
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipTransferred from the Boston Soceity of Natural History to GH, Oct. 2, 1941
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Euphorbia dentata var. rigida Engelmann
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Euphorbia dentata Michaux
Determined byM. H. Mayfield (TEX)
Date Determined1995-10-**
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
Annotation Textboth fragments
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Type Status Isolectotype
Isolectotype of Euphorbia dentata var. rigida Engelmann
Verified byM. H. Mayfield (TEX)
Date Determined1996-04-11
Determination Remarks[no publication given for lectotypification]
Taxon Reference(for Euphorbia dentata var. rigida Engelmann) Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. 1859. 190.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Remarks[Distribution #1837 includes field #181, 1st coll., "22 May 1851, stony hills, big bend of the San Pedro" Devils River, Val Verde Co., Texas, cited by Engelmann, and field #257, 2nd coll., "13 Aug. 1851, in detritus at sides of mountain torrents near Coppermines" Grant Co., New Mexico, and field #579, "2 July 1852, stony hills along the Pecos" Pecos Co., Texas. Neither of these two localities cited by Engelmann.]

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