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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationBoraginaceae: Mertensia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00062065
Type StatusType
CollectorEdw. Palmer
CountryUnited States of America
StateArizona
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Arizona
Date Collected1869
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a9028e81-4ec3-472b-9d48-34d1c80dfa0d
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00062065
HerbariumGH
FamilyBoraginaceae
Type Status Type
Type of Mertensia palmeri A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride
Verified byM. Nazaire
Date Determined2018
Determination Remarks [is a fragment] [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Mertensia palmeri A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride) Bot. Gaz. 1916. 62: 146.
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Mertensia paniculata (Aiton) G. Don
Determined byM. Nazaire
Date Determined2018
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Textvar. paniculata
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Mertensia paniculata (Aiton) G. Don
Determined byWilliams, Louis Otto
Date Determined1937
FamilyBoraginaceae
DeterminationCompare Mertensia toyabensis var. subnuda J. F. Macbride
Determined byIMJ [I. M. Johnston]
Date Determined1933
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Mertensia palmeri A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextType
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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RemarksN.B. The collection location "Arizona" is most certainly incorrect. In his 1937 monograph of Mertensia, L. O. Williams noted correspondence with F.V. Coville who ascertains that M. palmeri specimens were erroneously labeled. M. Nazaire, 2018

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