Skip to main content
Harvard Logo
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES | HARVARD.EDU

Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries

  • Contact
  • Visit
  • Databases
  • Collections
    • Herbaria
    • Digital Resources
    • Use Policies
  • Research
    • Taxonomy
    • Floristics & Monography
    • Plant & Fungal Phylogenetics
    • Paleobotany
    • Plant Speciation and Local Adaptation
    • Forest Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics
  • Publications
    • About HPB
    • Orders & Access
    • For Authors
  • Libraries
    • Libraries' Collections
      • Harvard's Online Library Catalog (HOLLIS)
      • Archives Collections
      • Digital Collections
    • Use of the Libraries
      • Hours
      • Resources
      • Services
      • Permissions
    • Libraries Staff
    • Online Exhibits
  • News & Events
    • News
    • Events
  • People
  • About
    • Visit
    • Contact
    • History
  • Search Hints
  • Use Policy
  • Botanists
  • Publications
  • Specimens
  • Images
  • Taxa
  • Hu Cards
  • ECON Artifacts
  • Contribute
  • Comments

Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCaesalpiniaceae: Cassia
Classification 1Caesalpiniaceae: Chamaecrista
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00283199
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number154
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 [30 miles east of El Paso]
Date Collected1849-10-12
Elevation0 m
Habitat[Mountain valley]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/aa3b8a9f-d0c7-4576-abb3-71caad21a598
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00283199
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipex herb. John A. Lowell, transferred from the Boston Society of Natural History to GH, Oct, 2, 1941
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Type Status Isolectotype
Isolectotype of Cassia leptadenia Greenman
Verified byW. T. Kittredge (GH/A)
Date Determined2009
Taxon Reference(for Cassia leptadenia Greenman) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1905. 41: 238.
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Determination Chamaecrista nictitans var. mensalis (Greenman) H. S. Irwin & Barneby
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Text[as] Chamaecrista nictitans (L.) Moench subsp. nictitans var. mensalis (Greenman) Irwin & Barneby; cited in Irwin & Barneby,The American Cassiinae. Mem. N.Y. Bot. Gard. 35. 1982.82
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Determination Cassia leptadenia Greenman
Determined byT. M. Pullen (GA)
Date Determined1963
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Determination Cassia nictitans Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [191MB]
Full Quality [30MB]
Remarks[date, locality, habitat and description from Wright's notes for field #1306]

Copyright © 2013 The President and Fellows of Harvard College | Accessibility