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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Aster
Classification 1Asteraceae: Doellingeria
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00003768
Type StatusLectotype
CollectorJ. Hale
CountryUnited States of America
StateLouisiana
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Louisiana
Date Collected1844
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/82d9ba38-d147-4bd8-a56a-1caab7cdaef9
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00003768
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Lectotype
Lectotype of Aster umbellatus var. latifolius A. Gray
Verified bySemple, John Cameron
Date Determined1991-04-12
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Annotation TextThe selection by Fernald (1940) of this specimen seen and annotated but not cited by Gray in preparation of his synoptical flora is accepted here as the first lectotypification of the name because it seems a legitimate choice within the bounds set in Article 7 of the International Code of Botanical
Taxon Reference(for Aster umbellatus var. latifolius A. Gray) Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1884. 1(2): 197.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Doellingeria sericocarpoides Small
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster sericocarpoides (Small) K. Schumann
Determined bySemple, John C.
Date Determined1991-04-12
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster umbellatus var. latifolius A. Gray
Determined byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1981
Annotation TextAuthentic Specimen, not a Type! (Fernald's lectotypification was arbitrary and in vilation of the Code of Nomenclature. This collection was not cited by A. Gray)
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster umbellatus var. latifolius A. Gray
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2017]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Textvar. foliis latissimis Syn. Fl. N. Amer.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[continued annotation by Semple:] Nomenclature (Greuter 1988). Fernald's choice Hale s.n. is part of the "original material" used by Gray in formulating his description.
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