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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationRubiaceae: Hedyotis
Classification 1Rubiaceae: Houstonia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00096940
Type StatusLectotype
CollectorF. J. Lindheimer
Collector numberFasc. IV.621
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: Gillespie County: Fredericksburg
Date Collected1847-05-**
HabitatOn open gravelly banks of streamlets
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/4d2c1a23-fcc0-49bb-89fc-d5ccb68eea66
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00096940
HerbariumGH
FamilyRubiaceae
Type Status Lectotype
Lectotype of Hedyotis humifusa A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2009
Determination Remarkscited as "Holotype"
Taxon Reference(for Hedyotis humifusa A. Gray) Boston J. Nat. Hist. 1850. 6(2): 216.
FamilyRubiaceae
Determination Houstonia humifusa (A. Gray) A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [current name]
Annotation TextSyn. Fl. N. Amer.
FamilyRubiaceae
Determination Hedyotis humifusa A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [label name]
Annotation TextHedyotis (Houstonia) humifusa n. sp.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarks[Mounted with non-type specimens of Lindheimer Fasc. IV.622, 274541, and Hall 286, 274542]
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Remarks[field #]378

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