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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationPolygalaceae: Polygala
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00025928
Type StatusSyntype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number936
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: Pecos County
LocalityN. Mex. [Valley of the Pecos]
Date Collected1851-06-03
Habitat[Sides of stony ridges & in alluvial soil at base]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/1595d6d4-f5b0-4902-9708-cbd69e1b0f3a
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00025928
HerbariumGH
FamilyPolygalaceae
Determination Polygala puberula A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [is label name]
FamilyPolygalaceae
Determination Polygala longa S. F. Blake
Determined byS. F. Blake
Date Determined1916
Annotation TextType collection
FamilyPolygalaceae
Determination Polygala barbeyana Chodat
Determined byR. A. Denham
Date Determined1997-03-**
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
Annotation Textvar. longa (S. F. Blake) R. A. Denham (comb. nov.) [ined. 2008]
FamilyPolygalaceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Polygala longa S. F. Blake
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2008
Determination Remarks[Blake cites two herbaria such that the GH and K specimens are Syntypes "(Wright 936 p.p. (TYPE COLL.: GK)"]
Taxon Reference(for Polygala longa S. F. Blake) Contr. Gray Herb. 1916. 47: 29.
FamilyPolygalaceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Polygala puberula A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2008
Determination Remarks[Step 1 lectotypification by W. E. Wheelock, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 2: 150. 1891, “New Mexico. – 1851-1852, C. Wright, No. 936, (type)”]
Taxon Reference(for Polygala puberula A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1852. 3(5): 40.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Date, locality and habitat from Wright's notes for Field #334, 1st coll. This locality cited as type by Blake for Polygala longa with incorrect date of "May 1852" Wright 936 represents two field numbers, in Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 30. 1853, Gray cites a second locality for it, "near the copper mines, New Mexico; July" which is field #87, 2nd coll., "Stony hills between Santa Barbara and the Coppermines" New Mexico. This is the lectotype collection for P. puberula as selected by Wheelock. There is no way to distinguish which specimen goes with which locality.]

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