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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCommelinaceae: Tradescantia
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 2 preparations)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00029576; 00589798
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number701
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: El Paso County
Locality[near El Paso]
Date Collected1849-09-12
Habitat[summit of mountains]
Organism/Item1 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d8e09053-7116-4a3c-90a7-3f897808d9a2
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00029576
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[Ex] Herb. John A. Lowell. Transferred from The Boston Society of Natural History to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, October 2, 1941
FamilyCommelinaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Tradescantia wrightii Rose & Bush
Verified byA. R. Lopez Ferrari & A. Espejo
Date Determined1994
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Tradescantia wrightii Rose & Bush) Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1904. 14: 185.
FamilyCommelinaceae
Determination Tradescantia wrightii Rose & Bush
Determined by[annotation on sheet]
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation TextIsotype
FamilyCommelinaceae
Determination Tradescantia linearis Bentham
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Organism/Item2 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/cbd11b67-eb00-44de-a1fe-88ee63966e47
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00589798
HerbariumGH
FamilyCommelinaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Tradescantia wrightii Rose & Bush
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2014
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Annotation TextHolotype: (US)
Taxon Reference(for Tradescantia wrightii Rose & Bush) Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1904. 14: 185.
FamilyCommelinaceae
Determination Tradescantia wrightii Rose & Bush
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Textcited by Anderson & Woodson 1935
FamilyCommelinaceae
Determination Tradescantia linearis Bentham
Annotation Textf. Clarke but not. dwarfed T. virginica? glabrous T. tuberosa?
FamilyCommelinaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Tradescantia rosea Ventenat
Annotation Textex Torr.
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [191MB]
Full Quality [24MB]
Thumbnail image of sheet
Full Quality [32MB]
Remarks[data from Wright's notes for field #1210, written on the sheet by I. M. Johnston]

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