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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCaryophyllaceae: Silene
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 2 preparations)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00037942; 00339421
Type StatusIsosyntype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number862
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Mexico
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Mexico: Grant County
Date Collected1851
Organism/Item1 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/98a413a5-de7b-4a84-8fe6-44564cdfef34
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00037942
HerbariumGH
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Silene wrightii A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2008
Taxon Reference(for Silene wrightii A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 17.
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Determination Silene wrightii A. Gray
Determined byB. Maguire & C. L. Hitchcock
Date Determined1942-03-16
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation TextTYPE
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Determination Silene wrightii A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [label name]
Annotation Textn. sp.
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Determination Silene wrightii A. Gray
Annotation TextSyn. Fl. N. Amer.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Organism/Item2 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a782f03d-d2af-4123-a356-7894dec8d07f
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00339421
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipex Herb. John A. Lowell. Transferred from the Boston Society of Natural History to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, October 2, 1941
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Type Status Isosyntype
Isosyntype of Silene wrightii A. Gray
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2008
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Silene wrightii A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 17.
FamilyCaryophyllaceae
Determination Silene wrightii A. Gray
Determination Remarks [label name] [current name]
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
DescriptionSpecimen damaged by water, Dec 2009; Restored by thermal freeze drying. May 2011
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Remarks[Field #336 2nd coll., "23 Aug., rock-crevices in mountains near the Coppermines" and #770, "13 Oct., rock crevices, mountain-sides at Cobre, compact bunches" Santa Rita del Cobre]

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