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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationFabaceae: Astragalus
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00059458
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorWilkes Expedition
CountryArgentina
StateRío Negro
GeographySouth America: South America (Region) (Region): Argentina: Río Negro
LocalityMouth of Rio Negro, North Patagonia
Date Collected1838
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a414889a-ff0a-4d8a-abe7-ead80c449fe5
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00059458
HerbariumGH
FamilyFabaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Astragalus boanriensis Gómez-Sosa
Verified byE. Gomez-Sosa (SI)
Determination Remarks"Wilkes Exped. US No. 47692" noted on annotation
Taxon Reference(for Astragalus boanriensis Gómez-Sosa) Darwiniana 1979. 22: 358.
FamilyFabaceae
Determination Astragalus boanriensis Gómez-Sosa
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyFabaceae
Determination Astragalus sp.
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Text[as] Astragalus (Phaca) distans var. ? B
FamilyFabaceae
Determination Astragalus bergii Hieronymus
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarksmounted with photograph of type at US
RemarksGray originally published this taxon as A. distans var. b; A. bonariensis is the first valid name based on this type; Johnston (J. Arnold Arbor. 28: 369. 1947) included Gray's taxon as a synonym of A. bergii Hieron.; he (p. 368) indicated that the type was collected by Pickering (in Wilkes Expedition)

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