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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationBrassicaceae: Vesicaria
Classification 1Brassicaceae: Physaria
Classification 2Brassicaceae: Lesquerella
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00019325
Type StatusHolotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1320
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: El Paso County
LocalityN. Mex. [near El Paso]
Date Collected1852 [27 Mar, 7 Apr]
Habitat[Stony hills]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/32d77271-c377-46e7-9c0b-a8c35d6aa1b8
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00019325
HerbariumGH
FamilyBrassicaceae
Type Status Holotype
Holotype of Vesicaria purpurea A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2007
Taxon Reference(for Vesicaria purpurea A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 14.
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Physaria purpurea (A. Gray) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Lesquerella purpurea (A. Gray) S. Watson
Determined byR. C. Rollins & E. A. Shaw
Date Determined1970
Annotation TextHolotype
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Lesquerella purpurea (A. Gray) S. Watson
Determined byR. C. Rollins
Date Determined1940
Annotation TextType
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Vesicaria purpurea A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [label name]
Annotation Textn. sp.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Dates, locality, habitat and description from Wright's notes for field #s65 & 120]

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