Skip to main content
Harvard Logo
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES | HARVARD.EDU

Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries

  • Contact
  • Visit
  • Databases
  • Collections
    • Herbaria
    • Digital Resources
    • Use Policies
  • Research
    • Taxonomy
    • Floristics & Monography
    • Plant & Fungal Phylogenetics
    • Paleobotany
    • Plant Speciation and Local Adaptation
    • Forest Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics
  • Publications
    • About HPB
    • Orders & Access
    • For Authors
  • Libraries
    • Libraries' Collections
      • Harvard's Online Library Catalog (HOLLIS)
      • Archives Collections
      • Digital Collections
    • Use of the Libraries
      • Hours
      • Resources
      • Services
      • Permissions
    • Libraries Staff
    • Online Exhibits
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Events
  • People
  • About
    • Visit
    • Contact
    • History
  • Search Hints
  • Use Policy
  • Botanists
  • Publications
  • Specimens
  • Images
  • Taxa
  • Hu Cards
  • ECON Artifacts
  • Contribute
  • Comments

Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationHypnaceae: Hypnum
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00301401
Type StatusType
CollectorJ. M. Bigelow
CountryUnited States of America
StateCalifornia
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: California
LocalityCalifornia, Rio woods
Date Collected1854-04-12
Habitaton [undecipherable word] of earth
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/1a0ea2a3-5553-4d3c-8dd5-db15439e3505
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00301401
HerbariumFH
FamilyHypnaceae
Type Status Type
Type of Hypnum whippleanum Sullivant
Taxon Reference(for Hypnum whippleanum Sullivant) Pacific Railr. Rep. 4, Pt. 5, No. 5 (Whipple) 1856. 4(5): 190.
FamilyHypnaceae
Determination Hypnum whippleanum Sullivant
Determination Remarks [filed under] [label name] [current name]
FamilyHypnaceae
Determination Hypnum whippleanum Sullivant
Determined bySullivant, William Starling
Date Determined1864-10-**
Determination Remarks[written on original label by W. S. Sullivant at a later date]
Annotation TextTrue H. whippleanum has a scabrous pedicel & very spreading & rather loose and bifarously directed leaves. Hypnum whippleanum is mixed with another species (new!) -H. leuconeuron- with very similar leaves shorter and [... see label for full text]
SubcollectionSullivant Herbarium [Mosses]
Preparation TypePacket
Preparation MethodDried

Copyright © 2013 The President and Fellows of Harvard College | Accessibility