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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Aster
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00003639
Type StatusPossible Type
CollectorM. A. Curtis
CountryUnited States of America
StateNorth Carolina
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: North Carolina
LocalityN.C.
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a9118523-e1b5-40e7-b2e5-db430e8c2bde
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00003639
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[Ex] Herb. John A. Lowell. Transferred from The Boston Society of Natural History to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, October 2, 1941
FamilyAsteraceae
Type StatusPossible Type
Possible Type of Aster gracilentus Torrey & A. Gray
Verified byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1983
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Annotation TextHaving been unsuccessful in locating any specimen marked by the authors, I am (with some reservation) designating this sheet as the LECTOTYPE or (since no other authentic material seems to exist) as the NEOTYPE
Taxon Reference(for Aster gracilentus Torrey & A. Gray) Fl. N. Amer. [Torr. & A. Gray] 1841. 2: 166.
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Type
Type of Aster falcidens E. S. Burgess
Verified byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1983
Annotation TextLectotype or Neotype
Taxon Reference(for Aster falcidens E. S. Burgess) Fl. S.E. U.S. [Small] 1903. 1219, 1340.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster laevis var. concinnus (Willdenow) House
Determined byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1983
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Textprobably
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster laevis Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextAster laevis var. Γ Tor. & Gr!
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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