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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCyperaceae: Carex
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00954878
Other Barcodes on Sheet00954880
Type StatusPossible Type, Probable Syntype
CollectorS. B. Bradley
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew York
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New York: Monroe County
LocalityGreece
Date Collected1836
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/cb3bbadc-33d9-4ee0-8bf9-a64c06be5084
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00954878
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[Ex] Herbarium of Chester Dewey
FamilyCyperaceae
Type StatusPossible Type
Possible Type of Carex mirata Dewey
Verified byDorey, Jenna E.
Date Determined2018
Annotation TextAm. Jour. Sci. & Art. (II) 39: 71. 1865
Taxon Reference(for Carex mirata Dewey) Class-book Bot., ed. 2 1847. 593.
FamilyCyperaceae
Type StatusProbable Syntype
Probable Syntype of Carex mirata Dewey
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2018
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Carex mirata Dewey) Class-book Bot., ed. 2 1847. 593.
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex mirata Dewey
Determined byBoivin, Joseph Robert Bernard
Date Determined1979
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex mirata Dewey
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex mirata Dewey
Determined by[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) annotation on provenance label, W. T. Kittredge, 2018]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex sp.
Determined by[annotation on sheet]
Annotation Textcomosa x lupulina
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [191MB]
Full Quality [28MB]
Remarkskept for its 3 staminate very long scales at the base [protologue: “Shores of Lake Ontario, N.Y. Sartwell. Also found in the State of Georgia.C. arista[ta] Dew. not of R. Br.” Amer. J. Sci. Arts ser. 2, 39: 71. 1865 “In Greece, eleven miles west of Rochester and six south of Lake Ontario, in 1829, by Dr. S. B. Bradley.”

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