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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Aster
Classification 1Asteraceae: Machaeranthera
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (5 items with 2 preparations)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00009956; 00009955
Other Barcodes on Sheet00254813; 00254811; 00254812
Type StatusSyntype, Holotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1151
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Mexico
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Mexico: Grant County
LocalityN. Mex. [near Ojo de Gavilan]
Date Collected1851-08-30
Habitat[On rocky hills]
Organism/Item1 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/38d1ccd0-c4a0-467d-b33f-10eccec4c1f9
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00009956
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
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Machaeranthera humilis Standley
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2007
Determination Remarks[Machaeranthera tanacetifolia var. humilis A. Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 74. 1853 is a sphalm., var. humilis is a descriptive term in lower case letters, Gray always used capitals for his epithets]
Taxon Reference(for Machaeranthera humilis Standley) Muhlenbergia 1909. 5: 48.
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Isosyntype
Isosyntype of Aster tanacetifolius var. pygmaeus A. Gray
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2007
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Annotation Text[In Syn. Fl. N. Amer. Gray incorrectly cites the species name as "Machaeranthera canescens, var. humilis & var. pygmaea, Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. 74". Since he cites both unpublished varieties the two cited specimens are Syntypes]
Taxon Reference(for Aster tanacetifolius var. pygmaeus A. Gray) Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1884. 1(2): 206.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Machaeranthera tagetina Greene
Determined byTurner, Billie Lee
Date Determined1986
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Nees
Determined byBoufford, David Edward
Date Determined1983
Annotation TextIsotype Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Nees var. humilis A. Gray Smithsoniana Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 74. 1853. [var. humilis is a descriptive term in lower case letters, Gray always used capitals for his epithets]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster tanacetifolius var. pygmaeus A. Gray
Determined by[annotation on sheet]
Annotation TextGray's Fl. N. A. 1 pt. 2 p. 206
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Nees
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Textvar. humilis Gr. [ined.] Gray's Pl. Wright 2. 74
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Organism/Item2 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/35d92686-a447-4bde-a005-6ec1402bacf9
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00009955
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Aster tanacetifolius var. pygmaeus A. Gray
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2007
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Aster tanacetifolius var. pygmaeus A. Gray) Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1884. 1(2): 206.
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Holotype
Holotype of Machaeranthera humilis Standley
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2007
Taxon Reference(for Machaeranthera humilis Standley) Muhlenbergia 1909. 5: 48.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Machaeranthera tagetina Greene
Determined byTurner, Billie Lee
Date Determined1986
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Nees
Determined byBoufford, David Edward
Date Determined1983
Annotation TextHolotype Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Nees var. humilis A. Gray Smithsoniana Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 74. 1853. [var. humilis is a descriptive term in lower case letters, Gray always used capitals for his epithets]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Nees
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2007]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextMachaeranthera tanacetifolia var. sqaumis append. brevibus
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster tanacetifolius var. pygmaeus A. Gray
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2007]
Annotation TextSyn. Fl. N. Amer.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster tagetinus (Greene) S. F. Blake
Determined by[I. M. Johnston (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2007]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Date, locality and habitat from Wright's notes for field #377]

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