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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Aster
Classification 1Asteraceae: Leucosyris
Classification 2Asteraceae: Arida
Classification 3Asteraceae: Machaeranthera
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00009957
Other Barcodes on Sheet00254814
Type StatusLectotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1395
CountryMexico
StateChihuahua
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): Mexico: Chihuahua
Locality[valley of the Salado, between El Paso and Chihuahua]
Date Collected1852-04-18
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2427c7db-1886-4bd4-b113-631f6aabedd1
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00009957
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Lectotype
Lectotype of Aster tanacetifolius var. pygmaeus A. Gray
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2007
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Annotation Text[Machaeranthera tanacetifolia var. pygmaea A. Gray, Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 74. 1853 is a sphalm. In Syn. Fl. N. Amer. Gray incorrectly cites the species name as "Machaeranthera canescens, var. humilis & var. pygmaea, Gray, Pl. Wright. ii. 74"]
Taxon Reference(for Aster tanacetifolius var. pygmaeus A. Gray) Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1884. 1(2): 206.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Leucosyris parviflora (A. Gray) Pruski & R. L. Hartman
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Arida parviflora (A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2007
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Machaeranthera parviflora A. Gray
Determined byTurner, Billie Lee
Date Determined1986
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Machaeranthera parviflora A. Gray
Determined byHartman, Ronald Lee
Date Determined1975-01-06
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Machaeranthera tanacetifolia Nees
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2007]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextMachaeranthera tanacetifolia var. pygmaea
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster tanacetifolius var. pygmaeus A. Gray
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2007]
Annotation TextSyn. Fl. N. Amer.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Date, locality and description from Wright's notes for field #162. "the Salado” is a salt lake east of Lake Santa Maria, Chihuahua, Mexico]

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