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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationRubiaceae: Galium
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00092760
Type StatusLectotype, Holotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1112
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas
LocalityN. Mex. [high rocky hills of the Pecos]
Date Collected1851-06-01
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/b1bc48f7-bfd0-4257-b7bd-5ea6339b2eac
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00092760
HerbariumGH
FamilyRubiaceae
Type Status Lectotype
Lectotype of Galium proliferum A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2008
Determination Remarks[Because Gray chose a new name at the species level and states "sp. nov." this is not a simple change of status from G. virgatum var. diffusum. As such all the collections cited are type material for G. proliferum.]
Taxon Reference(for Galium proliferum A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 67.
FamilyRubiaceae
Type Status Holotype
Holotype of Galium virgatum var. diffusum A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2008
Taxon Reference(for Galium virgatum var. diffusum A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1852. 3(5): 80.
FamilyRubiaceae
Determination Galium proliferum A. Gray
Determined byJ. M. Greenman
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation TextJ.M.G.
FamilyRubiaceae
Determination Galium virgatum var. diffusum A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [label name]
Annotation TextPl. W.
FamilyRubiaceae
Determination Galium proliferum A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [label name]
Annotation Textn. sp.
FamilyRubiaceae
Determination Galium proliferum A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Annotation TextSyn. Fl. N. Amer.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarks[mounted with Syntypes of Galium proliferum A. Gray, Wright 1112, March 1852, 263783, and Wright 1112, April 1852, 263767]
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Remarks[Date and locality from Wright's notes for field #281, 1st coll. Crockett-Pecos Co.]

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