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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Aster
Classification 1Asteraceae: Arida
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (3 items with 3 preparations)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00002899; 00002900; 00002901
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1164
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Mexico
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Mexico: Hidalgo County
LocalityN. Mex. [Las Playas Springs]
Date Collected1851-10-07
Habitat[in subsaline soil]
Organism/Item1 of 3
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/ab4d2e6c-e4be-43e7-89eb-bead9ff60612
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00002899
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Holotype
Holotype of Aster blepharophyllus A. Gray
Determination Remarks[Specimen on right is designated] Lectotype, G. L. Nesom, 1987, A. G. Jones, 1982. [Published by Jones and Lowry, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 8(4): 396. 1986. This lectotypification is unecessary. This specimen is the only one with Gray's handwriting on it, and is thus the Holotype.]
Taxon Reference(for Aster blepharophyllus A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 77.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Arida blephariphylla (A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman
Determined byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2007
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster blepharophyllus A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [label name]
Annotation TextAster (Oxytripolium) blepharophyllus n. sp.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarks[Mounted with Isotype, 2900]
Organism/Item2 of 3
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/de2b07e5-0814-4610-b06c-439df0665a08
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00002900
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Aster blepharophyllus A. Gray
Taxon Reference(for Aster blepharophyllus A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 77.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Arida blephariphylla (A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman
Determined byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2007
Determination Remarks [current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarks[mounted with Holotype, 2899]
Organism/Item3 of 3
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/62a14e32-8e3a-4da3-86f3-c2f368d3ea1b
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00002901
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipex Herb. John A. Lowell, transferred from the Boston Society of Natural History to GH, Oct. 2, 1941
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Aster blepharophyllus A. Gray
Taxon Reference(for Aster blepharophyllus A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 77.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Arida blephariphylla (A. Gray) D. R. Morgan & R. L. Hartman
Determined byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2007
Determination Remarks [current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Data from Wright's notes for field #s735 & 736, as annotated by I. M. Johnston (scripsit). see also Holotype of Aster pauciflorus var. gracillimus A. Gray]

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