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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCucurbitaceae: Elaterium
Classification 1Cucurbitaceae: Echinopepon
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00031864
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1090
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
LocalityN. Mex. [Guadalupe Pass]
Date Collected1851-10-04
Habitat[On mountains]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/9f33ec9f-f800-49de-9b0b-439d4afb2b1c
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00031864
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipex Herb. John A. Lowell, transferred from the Boston Society of Natural History to GH, Oct. 2, 1941
FamilyCucurbitaceae
Type Status Isolectotype
Isolectotype of Elaterium wrightii A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2008
Determination Remarks[cited as "Mexico. Sin loc., Wright 1090 (Holotype, US)"]
Taxon Reference(for Elaterium wrightii A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 61.
FamilyCucurbitaceae
Determination Echinopepon wrightii (A. Gray) S. Watson
Determined byA. K. Monro (BM)
Date Determined1995-10-**
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation TextIsoholotype
FamilyCucurbitaceae
Determination Echinopepon wrightii (A. Gray) S. Watson
Determined byK. M. Stocking
Date Determined1949
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Date, locality, habitat and description from Wright's notes for field #709, 2nd coll. Guadalupe Pass is on the Arizona - New Mexico border]

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