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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Simsia
Type StatusIsosyntype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number331
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: Hudspeth County
LocalityWestern Texas to El Paso, New Mexico [15 miles from Rio Grande]
Date Collected1851-09-03
Habitat[Mountain valley]
Substrate[Sandy soil]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/9f276516-8d90-46c1-9279-d7ab3cf0d983
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipex Herb. John A. Lowell, transferred from the Boston Society of Natural History to GH, Oct. 2, 1941
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Isosyntype
Isosyntype of Simsia exaristata A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2007
Taxon Reference(for Simsia exaristata A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 87.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Simsia lagascaeformis de Candolle
Determined byD. M. Spooner
Date Determined1987
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation TextAchenes with minute awns
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Remarks213 to B. [213 to Bentham. Date, locality, habitat and substrate from Wright's note for field #1119]

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