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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationDioscoreaceae: Dioscorea
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00030359
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorA. S. Hitchcock
Collector number830
CountryUnited States of America
StateKansas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Kansas: Cherokee County
Date Collected1896
HabitatWoods
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/b8b22d43-3b95-45da-b553-060b876eebe2
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00030359
HerbariumGH
FamilyDioscoreaceae
Determination Dioscorea villosa Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyDioscoreaceae
Determination Dioscorea paniculata var. glabrifolia Bartlett
Determined byH.H. Bartlett
Date Determined1909
Annotation TextCotype
FamilyDioscoreaceae
Determination Dioscorea villosa Linnaeus
Determined by[illegible]
Date Determined1921
Annotation Text[Annotated on sheet] The U.S.N.M. sheet of this same no. is typical villosa (= paniculata). They are apparently from one plant.
FamilyDioscoreaceae
Determination Dioscorea villosa Linnaeus
Determined byRaz., Lauren
Date Determined2000
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
FamilyDioscoreaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Dioscorea paniculata var. glabrifolia Bartlett
Verified byRaz., Lauren
Date Determined2000
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Annotation TextType
Taxon Reference(for Dioscorea paniculata var. glabrifolia Bartlett) Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 1910. 189: 15.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks= D. villosa L. there is no "co-type" that I know of. Bartlett lists only this one collection # (pro parte), a duplicate of which is at MO. Insofar as I'm aware it has not been lectotypified. The present sheet is annotated by hand, referring to a US sheet (most likely the material not considered by Bartlett to represent his new variety, hence his application of "pro parte"); however, I have not encountered the US sheet.

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