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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationApocynaceae: Alyxia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00057843
Type StatusType
CollectorWilkes Expedition
CountryTonga
StateTongatapu
GeographyOceania: Polynesia (Region): Tonga: Tongatapu
Date Collected1838 - 1842
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/ec2a9557-aa30-4b63-a30c-c8a0dc3ae716
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00057843
HerbariumGH
FamilyApocynaceae
Type Status Type
Type of Alyxia bracteolosa var. angustifolia A. Gray
Verified byD. Middleton
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Alyxia bracteolosa var. angustifolia A. Gray) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1862. 5: 332.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
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RemarksMounted with non-type specimen of B. Seemann 310 Annotated as isolectotype, det. D. Middleton, 1998 "As Smith in Flora Vitiensis Nova points out, there is no guarantee that the non US herbarium specimens from Wilkes Expedition are actually duplicates of the type," det. D. Middleton, 1998

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