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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Ximenesia
Classification 1Asteraceae: Verbesina
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00013420
Type StatusHolotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1407
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas
LocalityN. Mex. [Around the dwellings of Prairie-dogs, between the Limpio and the Rio Grande]
Date Collected1851-06-**
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/1dee0f17-ed37-43be-9ff8-0f347c8b6d8d
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00013420
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Holotype
Holotype of Ximenesia encelioides var. nana A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2007
Taxon Reference(for Ximenesia encelioides var. nana A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 92.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Verbesina nana (A. Gray) B. L. Robinson & Greenman
Determined byB. L. Robinson & J. M. Greenman
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Ximenesia encelioides var. nana A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit) [label name]
Annotation Textvar. cana DC. [is also written on the label, and accounts for the (probably 1852) specimen of Verbesina encelioides on the sheet]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarks[mounted with Berlandier 1474=214, 13419]
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Remarks[Month and locality from protologue, collected in either Jeff Davis or Culberson Co. Gray added -2 ie. 1852 to the label, which may account for the specimen of Verbesina enceliodes on the sheet. Also, Gray wrote "Wright coll. 1851" on the left side of the sheet near the specimens of Verbesina nana.]

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