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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Vernonia
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00013553
Other Barcodes on Sheet00375418
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number242, 178 to Bentham
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas
Date Collected1849
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2cfd0a56-1da0-4c6c-a6a5-508a5a592534
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00013553
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Isolectotype
Isolectotype of Vernonia tenuifolia Small
Verified byBoufford, David Edward
Date Determined1981
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Vernonia tenuifolia Small) Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 1898. 25: 145.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Vernonia marginata (Torrey) Rafinesque
Determined byBoufford, David Edward
Date Determined1981
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation TextLectotypified and placed under V. marginata (Torr.) Raf. by S. B. Jones, Brittonia 24: 44. 1972
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Vernonia tenuifolia Small
Determined byJones, Samuel Boscom
Date Determined1971
Annotation TextType examined.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Vernonia tenuifolia Small
Determined byBGS [B. G. Schubert]
Date Determined1937
Annotation TextIsotype. Type in Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Vernonia tenuifolia Small
Determined byGleason, Henry Allan
Annotation TextRevision of North American Vernonieae
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Vernonia jamesii Torrey & A. Gray
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2013]
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Jones’ lectotypification is a step 1, step 2 needed to select one of Wright’s two collections distributed under Wright 242. Field #861, “21 Aug. 1849, valley about 80 miles beyond the Pecos” Pecos Co., Texas. Field #938, “23 Aug. 1849, valley of the Limpia, fl. purple” Jeff Davis Co. Texas. det. W. T. Kittredge, 2013. Data from Wright's field notes.]

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