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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Aster
Classification 1Asteraceae: Doellingeria
Classification 2Asteraceae: Aster
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00003768
Type StatusLectotype
CollectorJ. Hale
CountryUnited States of America
StateLouisiana
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Louisiana
Date Collected1844
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/82d9ba38-d147-4bd8-a56a-1caab7cdaef9
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00003768
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster umbellatus var. latifolius A. Gray
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2017]
Determination Remarks [is label name]
Annotation Textvar. foliis latissimis Syn. Fl. N. Amer.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster umbellatus var. latifolius A. Gray
Determined byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1981
Annotation TextAuthentic Specimen, not a Type! (Fernald's lectotypification was arbitrary and in vilation of the Code of Nomenclature. This collection was not cited by A. Gray)
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster sericocarpoides (Small) K. Schumann
Determined bySemple, John C.
Date Determined1991-04-12
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Doellingeria sericocarpoides Small
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Lectotype
Lectotype of Aster umbellatus var. latifolius A. Gray
Verified bySemple, John Cameron
Date Determined1991-04-12
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Annotation TextThe selection by Fernald (1940) of this specimen seen and annotated but not cited by Gray in preparation of his synoptical flora is accepted here as the first lectotypification of the name because it seems a legitimate choice within the bounds set in Article 7 of the International Code of Botanical
Taxon Reference(for Aster umbellatus var. latifolius A. Gray) Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1884. 1(2): 197.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[continued annotation by Semple:] Nomenclature (Greuter 1988). Fernald's choice Hale s.n. is part of the "original material" used by Gray in formulating his description.
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ClassificationRubiaceae: Pentodon
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00338954
Other Barcodes on Sheet00338953
CollectorJ. Hale
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
Locality[probably Louisiana]
Date Collected1844
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/eac7e79f-a60e-4296-a9e8-44b53c9476ab
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00338954
HerbariumGH
FamilyRubiaceae
Determination Pentodon halei (Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray
Determined byGray, Asa
Determination Remarks [is label name]
Annotation TextToprr. & Gray, Flora, N. Amer. Syn. Fl. N. Amer.
FamilyRubiaceae
Determination Pentodon halei (Torrey & A. Gray) A. Gray
Determined byRobinson, Benjamin Lincoln
FamilyRubiaceae
Determination Pentodon pentandrus (Schumacher & Thonning) Vatke
Determination Remarks[0] [is Current name]
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed

ClassificationAsteraceae: Erigeron
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)02352561
Other Barcodes on Sheet02352562
CollectorJ. Hale
CountryUnited States of America
StateLouisiana
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Louisiana
Locality[data not captured]
Date Collected1844
ProjectUS and Canada - Mass Digitization
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/faba7964-cc23-4004-8bed-069260ed9e67
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode02352561
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Erigeron philadelphicus Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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