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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCyperaceae: Carex
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00267916; 00415773
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County
Locality[Concord or Lincoln, Journal records that he went to Flint's Pond in Lincoln that day]
Date Collected1859-06-02
Elevation0 m
Organism/Item1 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/0e7eb0ef-2758-4754-bed7-ce435914fab2
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00267916
HerbariumNEBC
Previous ownershipThoreau's Herb. [Ex Herbarium of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)] Herbarium of Edward S. Hoar. Presented to the New England Botanical Club by Mrs. M. B. L. Bradford, 1912
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex atlantica subsp. atlantica
Determined byReznicek, Anton Albert
Date Determined1988
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex stellulata Goodenough
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex incomperta E. P. Bicknell
Determined byKMW [K. M. Wiegand]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex incomperta E. P. Bicknell
Determined byKM [K. K. Mackenzie]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex stellulata Goodenough
Determined by[annotation on provenance label]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex stellulata Goodenough
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Organism/Item2 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/27ddca4e-a0ac-4e47-94e2-c28f57ec3ea7
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00415773
HerbariumNEBC
Previous ownershipThoreau's Herb. [Ex Herbarium of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)] Herbarium of Edward S. Hoar. Presented to the New England Botanical Club by Mrs. M. B. L. Bradford, 1912
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex echinata Murray
Determined byReznicek, Anton Albert
Date Determined1988
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyCyperaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Carex stellulata Goodenough
Determined by[H. D. Thoreau (scripsit) on original field label]
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex angustior Mackenzie
Determined byKM [K. K. Mackenzie]
FamilyCyperaceae
Determination Carex echinata var. angustata (J. Carey) L. H. Bailey
Determined byKMW [K. M. Wiegand]
FamilyCyperaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Carex stellulata Goodenough
Determined by[E. S. Hoar (scripsit) on his transcription label]
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [191MB]
Full Quality [29MB]
Remarkssome time [the label for the right-hand specimen has no date or locality]

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