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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Vernonia
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (4 items with 2 preparations)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00013555; 00013554
Other Barcodes on Sheet00375419; 00375426
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number242
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas
Date Collected1849
Organism/Item1 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/5e2dece1-d3da-4bea-8c4b-8efcfd54571b
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00013555
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[Ex] Herb. John A. Lowell.
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 by[B. G. Schubert (scripsit) W. T. Kittrede, 2013]
Annotation TextIsotype. Type in Herb. N.Y. Bot. Gard.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Vernonia jamesii Torrey & A. Gray
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Organism/Item2 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/03f1e39c-54aa-4cd8-8f7f-4e4fedc2f439
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00013554
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipTransferred from the Boston Society of Natural History to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, October 2, 1941
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 in synonymy under V. marginata (Torr.) Raf. by S. B. Jones, Brittonia 24: 44. 1972
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Vernonia marginata (Torrey) Rafinesque
Determined byJones, Samuel Boscom
Date Determined1970
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Vernonia jamesii Torrey & A. Gray
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Orig tiff [197MB]
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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. NY Lectotype matches plant on right. det. Walter T. Kittredge, 2013. Data from Wright's field notes.]

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