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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Aster
Classification 1Asteraceae: Symphyotrichum
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (3 items with 3 preparations)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00055472; 00055471; 00055473
Type StatusSyntype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1158
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Mexico
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Mexico: Grant County
Locality[bottom of the] Mimbres New Mexico
Date Collected1851 [[25 Oct. 1851]]
Habitat[in thickets of bushes]
Organism/Item1 of 3
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/6e1fcbaa-a4ee-4e55-b04b-3462ef2b1a6c
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00055472
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipTransferred from The Boston Society of Natural History to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, October 2, 1941
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Aster hesperius A. Gray
Verified bySemple, John C.
Date Determined1995-03-20
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Aster hesperius A. Gray) Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1884. 1(2): 192.
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Aster hesperius A. Gray
Verified byBates, Vernon M.
Date Determined1983
Taxon Reference(for Aster hesperius A. Gray) Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1884. 1(2): 192.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hesperium (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster lanceolatus subsp. hesperius (A. Gray) Semple & Chmielewski
Determined bySemple, John C.
Date Determined1995-03-20
FamilyAsteraceae
DeterminationCompare Aster hesperius var. wootoni Greene
Determined byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1982
FamilyAsteraceae
DeterminationInQuestion Aster novi-belgii Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Organism/Item2 of 3
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/27046f50-c0a8-42bf-9747-b13da5ff0f17
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00055471
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[Ex] Herb. John A. Lowell
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Aster hesperius A. Gray
Verified bySemple, John C.
Date Determined1995-03-20
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Aster hesperius A. Gray) Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1884. 1(2): 192.
FamilyAsteraceae
Type StatusProbable Syntype
Probable Syntype of Aster hesperius A. Gray
Verified byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1982
Taxon Reference(for Aster hesperius A. Gray) Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1884. 1(2): 192.
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Isosyntype
Isosyntype of Aster hesperius A. Gray
Verified byBates, Vernon M.
Date Determined1983
Taxon Reference(for Aster hesperius A. Gray) Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1884. 1(2): 192.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hesperium (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster lanceolatus subsp. hesperius (A. Gray) Semple & Chmielewski
Determined bySemple, John Cameron
Date Determined1995-03-20
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster hesperius var. wootoni Greene
Determined byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1982
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster novi-belgii Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Organism/Item3 of 3
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/8c7ed361-ffc4-4a15-a112-d0f573df9688
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00055473
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Aster hesperius A. Gray
Verified bySemple, John C.
Date Determined1995-03-20
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Aster hesperius A. Gray) Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1884. 1(2): 192.
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Aster hesperius A. Gray
Verified byBates, Vernon M.
Date Determined1983
Taxon Reference(for Aster hesperius A. Gray) Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1884. 1(2): 192.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Symphyotrichum lanceolatum var. hesperium (A. Gray) G. L. Nesom
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster lanceolatus subsp. hesperius (A. Gray) Semple & Chmielewski
Determined bySemple, John C.
Date Determined1995-03-20
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster hesperius var. wootoni Greene
Determined byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1981
Annotation Textnear
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster coerulescens de Candolle
Determined byCronquist, Arthur John
Date Determined1940
Annotation Textvar. typicus Cronq. ined.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster sp.
Determined byWiegand, Karl McKay
Date Determined1930-10-**
Annotation TextA. coerulescens x praeltus?
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster hesperius A. Gray
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2017]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Textname provisional
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster novi-belgii Linnaeus
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2017]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Textvar.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Wright collected two Asters at Mimbres on 25 Oct. 1851, field #877 & 878, 2nd coll.]

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