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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Verbesina
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00057199
Type StatusHolotype
CollectorM. R. Schomburgk
Collector number993
GeographySouth America: South America (Region) (Region)
LocalityRoraima
Date Collected1842-11-**
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/429eb422-fa30-405a-86ab-16de034fb019
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00057199
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipEx Compositae of Dr. F. W. Klatt (Purchased 1898)
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Holotype
Holotype of Verbesina schomburgkii Schultz Bipontinus ex Klatt
Determination RemarksDrawing and fragments of destroyed Berlin Holotype [is a fragment]
Taxon Reference(for Verbesina schomburgkii Schultz Bipontinus ex Klatt) Leopoldina 1884. 20: 94.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Verbesina guianensis Baker
Determined byJ. Pruski (US)
Date Determined1996
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Verbesina schomburgkii Schultz Bipontinus ex Klatt
Determination RemarksWritten on drawing [label name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Verbesina schomburgkii Schultz Bipontinus ex Klatt
Determined byB. L. Robinson (GH) & J. M. Greenman (GH)
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item RemarksTracing, text, and type fragment. According to letter from J. Pruski, the type of V. guianensis Klatt. Is it also the type of V. schomburgkii? See mounted photo in GH of the destroyed Berlin type sheet of this number.
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Remarks[Locality may be Guyana, fide protologue, or Venezuela, fide J. F. Pruski (US)]

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