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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Aster
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00002820
Type StatusProbable TypeMaterial
CollectorC. G. D. Nees
GeographyEurope
ContainerCompositae cultae.
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/48823a24-1dbd-4b8a-93e3-d6dd2e3942f5
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00002820
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipEx herbario C. G. Nees ab Esenback. to Hohenacker & then to Klatt, 1870 & to A. Gray, 1885
FamilyAsteraceae
Type StatusProbable TypeMaterial
Probable TypeMaterial of Aster abbreviatus Nees
Verified byBoufford, David Edward
Date Determined1983
Taxon Reference(for Aster abbreviatus Nees) Syn. Aster. Herb. 1818. 16.
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Type
Type of Aster abbreviatus Nees
Verified byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1984
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Annotation TextAuthentic Specimen ex Herb. Nees (the only one located so far), designated as the Lectotype herewith. (probably not = A. a. sens. DC., Prodr., 1836)
Taxon Reference(for Aster abbreviatus Nees) Syn. Aster. Herb. 1818. 16.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster sp.
Determined byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1984
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation TextThis plant is very similar to those of Aster [x] salignus Willd.; perhaps a hybrid: A. lanceolatus Willd. x A. cf. longifolium Lam.
FamilyAsteraceae
DeterminationInQuestion Aster patulus Lamarck
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) annotation on label, W. T. Kittredge, 2016]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster abbreviatus Nees
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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