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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCaesalpiniaceae: Cassia
Classification 1Caesalpiniaceae: Chamaecrista
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00053347
Type StatusLectotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number154
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: Hudspeth County
LocalityWestern Texas to El Paso, New Mexico [30 miles east of El Paso]
Date Collected1849-10-12
Habitat[Mountain valley]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/da8d55e5-5e92-4a87-8a60-c11e7752265d
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00053347
HerbariumGH
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Type Status Lectotype
Lectotype of Cassia leptadenia Greenman
Verified byW. T. Kittredge (GH/A)
Date Determined2009
Taxon Reference(for Cassia leptadenia Greenman) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1905. 41: 238.
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Determination Chamaecrista nictitans var. mensalis (Greenman) H. S. Irwin & Barneby
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Text[as] Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench subsp. nictitans var. mensalis (Greenman) Irwin & Barneby; cited in Irwin & Barneby,The American Cassiinae. Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 35. 1982.
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Determination Cassia leptadenia Greenman
Determined byT. M. Pullen (GA)
Date Determined1963
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Determination Cassia leptadenia Greenman
Date Determined1904-11-14
Determination Remarkswritten on sheet
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Determination Cassia nictitans Linnaeus
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarksmounted with Syntype of Cassia leptadenia Greenman, Rothrock 629 (barcode 283198)
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Orig tiff [189MB]
Full Quality [29MB]
Remarks[date, locality, habitat and description from Wright's notes for field #1306]

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