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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCucurbitaceae: Luffa
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00135285
Other Barcodes on Sheet00031904
Type StatusIsosyntype
CollectorWilkes Expedition
CountryTonga
GeographyOceania: Polynesia (Region): Tonga
LocalityTonga or Friendly Islands [Tongatapu]
Date Collected1838 - 1842
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/fa97f3ab-5a3b-405e-81ac-241cb4c17f98
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00135285
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipDistributed by the Smithsonian Institution
FamilyCucurbitaceae
Determination Luffa insularum A. Gray
Determination Remarks [is label name]
Annotation Textn. sp.
FamilyCucurbitaceae
Determination Luffa insularum A. Gray
Determined byHeiser, Charles Bixler, Jr.
Date Determined1981
Annotation Textisotype
FamilyCucurbitaceae
Determination Luffa aegyptiaca var. leiocarpa (Naudin) Heiser & Schilling
Determined byHeiser, Charles Bixler, Jr.
Date Determined1981
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
FamilyCucurbitaceae
Type Status Isosyntype
Isosyntype of Luffa insularum A. Gray
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Taxon Reference(for Luffa insularum A. Gray) U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1854. 1: 644.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Locality from protologue.]

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