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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCucurbitaceae: Sicyosperma
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00254758
Type StatusSyntype
Collector
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Cambridge
LocalityHort. Cantab. [cultivated at the Harvard Botanic Garden]
Date Collected1852
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/39aa435f-4f00-4b8e-8c53-edd5880138a9
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00254758
HerbariumGH
FamilyCucurbitaceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Sicyosperma gracile A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2007
Taxon Reference(for Sicyosperma gracile A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 62.
FamilyCucurbitaceae
Determination Sicyosperma gracile A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [label name] [current name]
Annotation Textn.s.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarkse sem. Wright [from seed provided by C. Wright. Protologue: "The character of this singular new genus of the tribe Sicyoideae, is drawn from the dried specimens and from the living plants raised from their seeds in the Cambridge Botanic Garden"]

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