| Classification | Boraginaceae: Mertensia |
| Complex Object | This is a complex collection object (2 items with 2 preparations) |
| Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s) | 00443638; 00443639 |
| Type Status | Possible Type |
| Collector | G. Vasey |
| Collector number | 437 [in part] |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Colorado |
| Geography | North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Colorado |
| Locality | Rocky Mountains, Lat. 40-41° |
| Date Collected | 1868 |
| Organism/Item | 1 of 2 |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/94e5497f-1182-496e-a9b8-42f9f781f4f5 |
| Harvard University Herbaria Barcode | 00443638 |
| Herbarium | GH |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Determination | Mertensia alpina (Torrey) G. Don |
| Determination Remarks | [is label name] |
| Annotation Text | var. |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Determination | Mertensia sp. |
| Determined by | [pencil annotation on sheet] |
| Annotation Text | intermediate between alpina & ovata |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Determination | Mertensia alpina var. perplexa (Rydberg) J. F. Macbride |
| Determined by | J.F.M. [J. F. Macbride] |
| Date Determined | 1916 |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Determination | Mertensia viridis A. Nelson |
| Determined by | Williams, Louis Otto |
| Date Determined | 1936 |
| Determination Remarks | [0] [is Current name] |
| Phenology | Flower |
| Preparation Type | Sheet |
| Preparation Method | Pressed |
| Organism/Item | 2 of 2 |
| GUID | http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/8c06b133-ba7e-40aa-986f-e274d0f291b7 |
| Harvard University Herbaria Barcode | 00443639 |
| Herbarium | GH |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Determination | Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) de Candolle |
| Determined by | J.F.M. [J. F. Macbride] |
| Date Determined | 1916 |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Determination | Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) de Candolle |
| Determined by | Williams, Louis Otto |
| Date Determined | 1936 |
| Determination Remarks | [is Current name] |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Type Status | Possible Type |
| Possible Type of | Mertensia papillosa Greene |
| Determination Remarks | [0] |
| Annotation Text | [L. O. Williams states in Ann. MIssouri Bot. Gard. 24: 94. 1937: "Rocky Mountains, coll. of 1868, Vasey 437 in part 1(G) [GH]; Rocky Mountains, coll. of 1868, Vasey 437B (M, US)" "1 This collection by Vasey, or the following one, may be type of papillosa. The type could not be located."] |
| Taxon Reference | (for Mertensia papillosa Greene) Pittonia 1898. 3(18A): 261. |
| Family | Boraginaceae |
| Type Status | Type |
| Type of | Mertensia papillosa Greene |
| Verified by | M. Nazaire |
| Date Determined | 2021 |
| Determination Remarks | [is filed under name] |
| Annotation Text | Apparently, the type for Mertensia papillosa Greene, however, while Green indicates in the protologue a Vasey collection made on Powell's Expedition, he does not cite Vasey's collection number (437). |
| Taxon Reference | (for Mertensia papillosa Greene) Pittonia 1898. 3(18A): 261. |
| Phenology | FlowerAndFruit |
| Preparation Type | Sheet |
| Preparation Method | Pressed |
