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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationMimosaceae: Desmanthus
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00053723
Other Barcodes on Sheet00274310
Type StatusLectotype, Isotype
CollectorF. J. Lindheimer
Collector number271
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: Comal County: New Braunfels
LocalityNear Comale Creek
Date Collected1846-08-**
HabitatOn wet soil
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/6f2867b3-af0c-42ad-b1d0-a1ba470c994f
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00053723
HerbariumGH
FamilyMimosaceae
Type Status Lectotype
Lectotype of Desmanthus falcatus Scheele
Verified byLuckow, Melissa A.
Date Determined1993
Annotation TextLECTOTYPE
Taxon Reference(for Desmanthus falcatus Scheele) Linnaea 1848. 21: 455.
FamilyMimosaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Desmanthus falcatus Scheele
Verified byLuckow, Melissa A.
Date Determined1988
Taxon Reference(for Desmanthus falcatus Scheele) Linnaea 1848. 21: 455.
FamilyMimosaceae
Determination Desmanthus illinoensis (Michaux) MacMillan ex B. L. Robinson & Fernald
Determined byM. Luckow (BH)
Date Determined1993
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyMimosaceae
Determination Desmanthus brachylobus (Willdenow) Bentham
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Orig tiff [189MB]
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Remarks[field #]271 [Gray states in Boston J. Nat. Hist. 6(2): 184. 1850, "This does not grow in dry rocky soil, nor the foregoing [Desmanthus velutinus] in wet places, as is stated by Scheele, who has evidently transposed the tickets of these two plants."]

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