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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationOrchidaceae: Altensteinia
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 2 preparations)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00001679; 00082275
Type StatusTypeMaterial
CollectorWilkes Expedition
Collector numbersn
CountryPeru
GeographySouth America: South America (Region) (Region): Peru
Date Collected1838 - 1842
Organism/Item1 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/7ded49de-cdba-46d0-a21c-a68c8b311ce9
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00001679
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipex Herbarium of the US South Pacific Exploring Expedition; Orchid Herbarium of OAkes Ames No.71559
FamilyOrchidaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Altensteinia gymnandra H. G. Reichenbach
Verified byG. A. Romero & T. Chehaibar
Date Determined1991-03-**
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Altensteinia gymnandra H. G. Reichenbach) Xenia Orchid. 1878. 3: 18.
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Myrosmodes nubigenum H. G. Reichenbach
Determined byVargas C., C.
Date Determined1998-08-**
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Altensteinia gymnandra H. G. Reichenbach
Determined bySchweinfurth, Charles
Date Determined1940-04-**
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Altensteinia gymnandra H. G. Reichenbach
Determined byC. Schweinfurth
Date Determined1932-11-**
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Altensteinia gymnandra H. G. Reichenbach
Determined byH. Gustav Reichenbach
Accession NumberGH 7353
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item RemarksDistributed by the Smithsonian Institution
Organism/Item2 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/6f96dd98-a78b-4da7-abc8-c742fdb22ff4
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00082275
HerbariumGH
FamilyOrchidaceae
Type Status TypeMaterial
TypeMaterial of Altensteinia gymnandra H. G. Reichenbach
Determination RemarksFlower from type [is a fragment] [filed under] [label name] [current name]
Taxon Reference(for Altensteinia gymnandra H. G. Reichenbach) Xenia Orchid. 1878. 3: 18.
SubcollectionGlycerine Collection
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeMicroscope slide
Preparation MethodGlycerine
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RemarksA skecht of the flower on sheet Flower in glycerine collection

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