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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationChenopodiaceae: Obione
Classification 1Chenopodiaceae: Atriplex
Classification 2Chenopodiaceae: Obione
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00037214
Type StatusHolotype
CollectorAlexander Gordon
Collector number250
CountryUnited States of America
StateNebraska
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Nebraska
LocalityPlatte River
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/90a4a787-34b5-4ca8-8bc0-982fbd26367e
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00037214
HerbariumGH
FamilyChenopodiaceae
Determination Obione gardneri Moquin-Tandon
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyChenopodiaceae
Determination Atriplex gardneri D. Dietrich
Determined byJ.F.M. [ J. F. MacBride]
Date Determined1917
Annotation TextNomencl. Rev. Acc. To Internat. Rules
FamilyChenopodiaceae
Determination Atriplex gardneri D. Dietrich
Determined byC. A. Hanson (BRY)
Date Determined1962
Annotation TextHolotype fragments
FamilyChenopodiaceae
Type Status Holotype
Holotype of Obione gardneri Moquin-Tandon
Verified byWelsh, Stanley Larson
Date Determined1994-03-**
Determination Remarks [is a fragment] [is filed under name]
Taxon Reference(for Obione gardneri Moquin-Tandon) Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1849. 13(2): 114.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationLamiaceae: Scutellaria
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00001980
Other Barcodes on Sheet00936023
Type StatusSyntype
CollectorAlexander Gordon
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
LocalityCanadian R[iver]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/4a22890c-3ba5-4de3-b72c-5e0f91c94036
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00001980
HerbariumGH
FamilyLamiaceae
Determination Scutellaria wrightii A. Gray
Determined byB. L. Turner
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
FamilyLamiaceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Scutellaria wrightii A. Gray
Verified byD. E. Boufford
Taxon Reference(for Scutellaria wrightii A. Gray) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1873. 8: 370.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationPolygonaceae: Eriogonum
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00036407
Type StatusSyntype
CollectorAlexander Gordon
Collector number74
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
LocalityCanadian River
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/80dc0783-4034-4e63-a06c-7333c714c33c
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00036407
HerbariumGH
FamilyPolygonaceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Eriogonum lachnogynum Torrey ex Bentham
Verified byJ. L. Reveal
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Taxon Reference(for Eriogonum lachnogynum Torrey ex Bentham) Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1856. 14: 8.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationPolygonaceae: Eriogonum
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00036348
Other Barcodes on Sheet00936136
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorAlexander Gordon
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
LocalityPlatte
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/86719bd5-15ef-4fc0-8de3-98fb9c3b1d8b
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00036348
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipex hb. Hook (1868)
FamilyPolygonaceae
Determination Eriogonum gordonii Bentham
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) annotation on sheet, W. T. Kittredge, 2018]
FamilyPolygonaceae
Determination Eriogonum gordonii Bentham
Determined byReveal, James Lauritz
Date Determined1992
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
FamilyPolygonaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Eriogonum gordonii Bentham
Verified byReveal, James Lauritz
Date Determined1967
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Taxon Reference(for Eriogonum gordonii Bentham) Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 1856. 14: 20.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationPlantaginaceae: Penstemon
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00091220
Type StatusSyntype
CollectorAlexander Gordon
CountryUnited States of America
StateUtah
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Utah
LocalitySweet Water of Platte
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/6822f66f-8280-40fc-8195-24ae1a90f855
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00091220
HerbariumGH
FamilyPlantaginaceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Penstemon comarrhenus A. Gray
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Taxon Reference(for Penstemon comarrhenus A. Gray) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1877. 12: 81.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarksmounted with Syntype of A. L. Siler, 1874

ClassificationAsteraceae: Actinella
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00002385
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorAlexander Gordon
Collector number54
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Mexico
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Mexico: Colfax County
LocalityRaton
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/92dcc807-8cbb-4fe2-a304-38f8e828d204
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00002385
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Actinella depressa var. pygmaea A. Gray
Verified byM. W. Bierner
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Taxon Reference(for Actinella depressa var. pygmaea A. Gray) Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts 1849. 4: 100.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks= Hymenoxys acaulis (Pursh) K. Parker, det. M. W. Bierner, 1991; conf. B. L. Turner, 1995

ClassificationBrassicaceae: Vesicaria
Classification 1Brassicaceae: Lesquerella
Classification 2Brassicaceae: Physaria
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274350
CollectorAlexander Gordon
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
LocalityCanadian [River]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/26ff1ea0-64f1-4d53-9f0c-0a5b58945bbc
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274350
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipex Herb. John A. Lowell, transferred from the Boston Society of Natural History to GH, Oct. 2,1941
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Vesicaria alpina Nuttall
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Lesquerella fendleri (A. Gray) S. Watson
Determined byR. C. Rollins
Determination Remarks[R. C. Rollins (scripsit)]
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Physaria fendleri (A. Gray) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarks[mounted with Isotype of Vesicaria alpina Nutt., Nuttall s.n., 19250]

ClassificationPolemoniaceae: Gilia
Classification 1Polemoniaceae: Giliastrum
Classification 2Polemoniaceae: Gilia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00985002
Type StatusIsosyntype
CollectorAlexander Gordon
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Mexico
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Mexico: Colfax County
LocalityRaton [Mesa]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/f816b98c-2e97-4926-a70e-20e2c15525d8
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00985002
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[Ex] Herb. John A. Lowell. Transferred from The Boston Society of Natural History to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, October 2, 1941
FamilyPolemoniaceae
Determination Gilia rigidula Bentham
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyPolemoniaceae
Determination Gilia rigidula var. acerosa A. Gray
Determined byTurner, Billie Lee
Date Determined1993
FamilyPolemoniaceae
Determination Giliastrum acerosum (A. Gray) Rydberg
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks[0] [is Current name]
FamilyPolemoniaceae
Type Status Isosyntype
Isosyntype of Gilia rigidula var. acerosa A. Gray
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Taxon Reference(for Gilia rigidula var. acerosa A. Gray) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 31 Dec 1870. 8: 280.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed

ClassificationPolemoniaceae: Phlox
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (5 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00954907
Other Barcodes on Sheet00954904; 00954905; 00954906; 00954908
CollectorAlexander Gordon
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
LocalityPlatte
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2d8e6ce5-84ef-4a5c-90bc-e4c767a1e404
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00954907
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[Ex] Hb. Hook.
FamilyPolemoniaceae
Determination Phlox douglasii var. longifolia A. Gray
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2018]
Annotation TextSyn. Fl. N. amer.
FamilyPolemoniaceae
Determination Phlox andicola E. E. Nelson
Determined byE.T.W. [E. T. Wherry]
Date Determined1939
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
Annotation TextP. andicola Nutt. ex Gray
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationPolygonaceae: Eriogonum
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01618443
CollectorAlexander Gordon
Collector number73
CountryUnited States of America
StateWyoming
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Wyoming
LocalityCanadian
ProjectUS and Canada - Mass Digitization
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/4eb5a1e5-91bf-4895-a7ad-0df2ec01720b
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01618443
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[ex] Herb. John A. Lowell. [ex] Transferred from the Boston Society of Natural History to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, October 2, 1941
FamilyPolygonaceae
Determination Eriogonum brevicaule Nuttall
Determined byReveal, James Lauritz
Date Determined1992
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks["Probably from Wyoming and near the Platte." James L. Reveal, 1992]

ClassificationPlantaginaceae: Penstemon
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)02002194
CollectorAlexander Gordon
Collector number71
CountryUnited States of America
StateOklahoma
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Oklahoma
LocalityCanadian
ProjectUS and Canada - Mass Digitization
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/b4bcd1de-bc3b-4908-836d-b1577079e4da
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode02002194
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[ex] Herb. John A. Lowell.; Transferred from The Boston Society of Natural History to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, October 2, 1941
FamilyPlantaginaceae
Determination Penstemon angustifolius subsp. caudatus (A. Heller) D. D. Keck
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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