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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationPoaceae: Panicum
Classification 1Poaceae: Dichanthelium
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00274166
Other Barcodes on Sheet00274167
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Date Collected1860-06-13
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d0a31d90-91e5-4e7f-a67d-9a966f142435
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00274166
HerbariumNEBC
Previous ownershipThoreau’s Herbarium [Ex Herbarium of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)] Herbarium of Edward S. Hoar. Presented to the New England Botanical Club by Mrs. M. B. L. Bradford, 1912
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Panicum dichotomum Linnaeus
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [is label name]
Annotation TextA var. of Panicum dichotomum (??) by the leaves
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Panicum macrocarpon Torrey
Determined by[M. L. Fernald (scripsit) annotation on provenance label]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Panicum oligosanthes var. scribnerianum (Nash) Fernald
Determined by[R. J. Eaton (scripsit)? annotation on sheet]
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Panicum dichotomum Linnaeus
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) transcription on sheet]
Annotation Textvar. of Panicum dichotomum by the leaves??
FamilyPoaceae
Determination Dichanthelium oligosanthes subsp. scribnerianum (Nash) Freckmann & Lelong
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2009-01-12
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [191MB]
Full Quality [27MB]
Remarks["I see that rather tall & slender--also hairy (clandestine like?) panic grass prob now in flower--(1st noticed the 10th--the panicles of it) which I will call--P dichotomous the leaves not hairy -- a few distinct nerves" unpublished passage from Journal June 13, 1860, fide R. L. Angelo (in litt.) 5 June 2018]

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