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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationMelastomataceae: Astronia
Classification 1Melastomataceae: Astronidium
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00071860
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorWilkes Expedition
GeographyOceania: Polynesia (Region)
LocalitySamoa
Date Collected1838 - 1842
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d0c5e865-502f-48d0-b666-9adfa6efdf17
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00071860
HerbariumGH
FamilyMelastomataceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Astronia pickeringii var. samoensis A. Gray
Taxon Reference(for Astronia pickeringii var. samoensis A. Gray) U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1854. 15(1): 577.
FamilyMelastomataceae
Determination Astronidium pickeringii var. samoense (A. Gray) Christophersen
Determined byJ. F. Maxwell
Determination Remarks [current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarksmounted with Isotype of Astronia pickeringii A. Gray var. vitiensis A. Gray = Astronidium pickeringii (A. Gray) Christoph. var. samoense (A. Gray) Christoph., det. J. F. Maxwell, 1983

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