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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsclepiadaceae: Funastrum
Classification 1Asclepiadaceae: Sarcostemma
Classification 2Asclepiadaceae: Philibertia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00076686
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1679
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Mexico
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Mexico
Date Collected1851 - 1852
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2d4edb11-facc-42cb-87b6-4039de1baa34
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00076686
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Funastrum crispum (Bentham) Schlechter
Determined byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2008-07-09
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation TextTorrey cites Wright 1679 as a Syntype of Sarcostemma heterophyllum Engelm. ex Torr. in Pacific Railr. Rep. 5, Pt. 2, Article 7 (Williamson) 362. 1857, and R. W. Holm lectotypified the name on Wright 1679 in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 37: 522. 1950, but this duplicate has never been identified as that taxon, and is not a type.
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Sarcostemma crispum Bentham
Determined byR. W. Holm (MO)
Date Determined1950
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Sarcostemma undulatum Torrey
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Philibertia undulata (Torrey) A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)]
Annotation TextSyn. Fl. N. Amer.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks3 to E. [3 to Engelmann. Gray often mixed Wright’s collections, and distribution number 1679 doesn’t have any of Wright’s field numbers, so the date(s) and locality(ies) of collection are unknown.]

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