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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationFabaceae: Peteria
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00254077
Type StatusSyntype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number962
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Mexico
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Mexico: Luna County
LocalityN. Mex. [between Frontera and the Mimbres, New Mexico]
Date Collected1851-07-31
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/832e3a44-debe-4ff0-a6bb-8f0504415471
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00254077
HerbariumGH
FamilyFabaceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Peteria scoparia A. Gray
Verified byW.T. Kittredge
Date Determined2007
Determination RemarksThis collection is duplicated in the U.S. Nat. Herb., C. L. Porter 5-4-56.
Taxon Reference(for Peteria scoparia A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1852. 3(5): 50.
FamilyFabaceae
Determination Peteria scoparia A. Gray
Determined byM. Lavin
Date Determined1993
Determination Remarks [current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarks[mounted with Syntype of Wislizenus 126, 254075, and non-type specimen of Brandegee s.n., 254076]
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Remarks[locality from Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 35. 1853. date from Wright's field notes for field #94 2nd coll. 1851, "valley at Mule Creek". I. M. Johnston in his manuscript Field Notes of Charles Wright, 1940, states "Wright appears to have camped at Cooke's Spring the night of July 31st. This locality, near Old Ft. Cummings, is 15 miles north and a bit east of Deming, and is in northern Luna County, New Mexico".]

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