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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationRubiaceae: Hedyotis
Classification 1Rubiaceae: Houstonia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00096872
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number237
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: Kinney County
LocalityWestern Texas to El Paso, New Mexico [Live Oak Ck. and to the Las Moras]
Date Collected1849-06-29
Habitat[High prairies]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d9a7f6a2-75a7-41c8-9d1e-4e4288017cfb
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00096872
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipex Herb. John A. Lowell, transferred from the Boston Society of Natural History to GH, Oct. 2, 1941
FamilyRubiaceae
Type Status Isolectotype
Isolectotype of Hedyotis acerosa A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2007
Taxon Reference(for Hedyotis acerosa A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1852. 3: 81.
FamilyRubiaceae
Determination Houstonia acerosa (A. Gray) Bentham & Hooker f.
Determination Remarks [current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarks[Mounted with non-type specimen of C. Wright 1118, 254276]
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Remarks[Date, locality and habitat from Wright's notes for field #550]

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