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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationFabaceae: Desmodium
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 2 preparations)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00254692; 00254693
Type StatusSyntype
Collector
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Cambridge
LocalityHort. Cantab. [Cultivated at Harvard Botanic Garden]
Date Collected1852
Organism/Item1 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/747a433f-5c69-4998-bf3e-0896c1514d10
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00254692
HerbariumGH
FamilyFabaceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Desmodium bigelovii A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2007
Taxon Reference(for Desmodium bigelovii A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 47.
FamilyFabaceae
Determination Desmodium bigelovii A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [label name] [current name]
Annotation Textn. sp.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Organism/Item2 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/e183b30b-6b44-41a0-ae65-a7fcc3fe8187
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00254693
HerbariumGH
FamilyFabaceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Desmodium bigelovii A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Desmodium bigelovii A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 47.
FamilyFabaceae
Determination Desmodium bigelovii A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [label name] [current name]
Annotation Textn. sp.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [190MB]
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Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [191MB]
Full Quality [27MB]
Remarkse sem. Wright [from seeds provided by C. Wright. Protologue: “From the wild specimens I was inclined to consider this a doubtful variety of D. Neo-Mexicanum; but in cultivation it proves distinct.”]

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