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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationEuphorbiaceae: Euphorbia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00063321
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1837
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: Val Verde County
LocalityN. Mex. [big bend of the San Pedro (Devils River)]
Date Collected1851-05-22
Habitat[Stony hills]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/5a3d7ad1-395b-4002-8cac-011b2bd6d993
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00063321
HerbariumGH
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Type Status Isolectotype
Isolectotype of Euphorbia dentata var. rigida Engelmann
Verified byM. H. Mayfield (TEX)
Date Determined1996-04-11
Determination Remarksonly the above plant + upper rightt [no 63322 publication given for lectotypification]
Taxon Reference(for Euphorbia dentata var. rigida Engelmann) Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. 1859. 190.
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Euphorbia dentata Michaux
Determined byM. H. Mayfield (LL/TEX)
Date Determined1995-10-**
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Text[bottom plant] and upper right side
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Euphorbia davidii Subils
Determined byM. H. Mayfield (TEX)
Date Determined1995-10-**
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Text[upper left plant only]
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Euphorbia dentata var. rigida Engelmann
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Date, locality and habitat from Wright's notes for field #181, 1st coll. Distribution #1837 also includes field #257, 2nd coll., "13 Aug. 1851, in detritus at sides of mountain torrents near Coppermines" Grant Co., New Mexico, and field #579, "2 July 1852, stony hills along the Pecos" Pecos Co., Texas. Neither of these localities cited by Engelmann]

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