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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationRosaceae: Spiraea
Classification 1Rosaceae: Holodiscus
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00283253
Type StatusSyntype
CollectorA. Fendler
Collector number188
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Mexico
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Mexico: Santa Fe County
Locality[Upper part of Santa Fe Creek]
Date Collected1847-07-**
Habitat[Steep mountainsides]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/0f40734e-3038-4f13-8449-264578a1d41c
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00283253
HerbariumGH
FamilyRosaceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Spiraea dumosa Nuttall ex A. Gray
Verified byK. N. Gandhi & W. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2009-06-04
Determination Remarks"S. dumosa Nutt. ex Hook." (1847) is an illegitimate superfluous name for S. discolor Pursh (1813). Since A. Gray used S. dumosa Nutt. ex Hook., but excluded its illegitimacy causing synonymy (i.e., S. discolor Pursh), he created a later homonym (see Vienna Code Art. 48.1).
Taxon Reference(for Spiraea dumosa Nuttall ex A. Gray) Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts 10 Feb 1849. 4: 40.
FamilyRosaceae
Determination Holodiscus discolor var. discolor
Determined byR. Lis (UC)
Date Determined1995
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyRosaceae
Determination Holodiscus australis A. Heller
Determined byP. A. Rydberg
Date Determined1905
FamilyRosaceae
Determination Spiraea dumosa Nuttall ex A. Gray
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)] [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarks[mounted with non-type specimen of Wright s.n., 283254]
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