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Index of Botanical Specimens

<tr><td class='cap'>Other Barcodes on Sheet</td><td class='val'><a href='specimen_search.php?mode=details&barcode=02408119'>02408119</a>; <a href='specimen_search.php?mode=details&barcode=02408120'>02408120</a></td></tr>
ClassificationAsteraceae: Aster
Classification 1Asteraceae: Symphyotrichum
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (3 items with 1 preparation)
Barcode(s)<a href='specimen_search.php?barcode='>02408118</a>
Type StatusNotType, Lectotype
CollectorC. C. Parry
Collector number418
CountryUnited States of America
StateColorado
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Colorado
LocalityClear Creek
Date Collected1862-09-02
ContainerRocky Mountain Flora. Lat. 39°-41°.
Remarks[mounted on sheet with syntypes of Aster ericoides var. strictus]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/b4938b53-21dd-47cf-900e-264e28e6e8d9
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode02408118
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status NotType
NotType of Aster porteri A. Gray
Verified byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1986
Annotation TextUniversity of Illinois Herbarium (ILL); The collection Parry 418 cannot be the lectotype because it was not cited by Porter, and Jones' 1982 designation must be revoked. The specimen is an authentic specimen for A. porteri but not for A. ericoides var. strictus.
Taxon Reference(for Aster porteri A. Gray) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1881. 16: 99.
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Lectotype
Lectotype of Aster porteri A. Gray
Verified byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1982
Annotation TextUniversity of Illinois Herbarium (ILL); 2 SYNTYPES, Parry 418 the LECTOTYPE, herewith designated. (duplicates of both collections are at G!, K!, and P!); photographed for ILL, 1982
Taxon Reference(for Aster porteri A. Gray) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1881. 16: 99.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster ericoides var. strictus Porter
Determined byMcCauley, Kathleen M.
Date Determined2025-11-**
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Symphyotrichum porteri (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom
Determined byMcCauley, Kathleen M.
Date Determined2025-11-**
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster porteri A. Gray
Determined bySemple, John Cameron
Date Determined1997-06-09
Annotation TextWAT, University of Waterloo; Authentic specimen (G, GH! on sheet with lectotype, K!, P)
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster ericoides Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Textvar. ?
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster porteri A. Gray
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Text[handwritten on label in pen]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed

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