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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Mikania
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00010224
Type StatusIsosyntype
CollectorR. Combs
Collector number682
CountryCuba
StateCienfuegos
GeographyNorth America: Caribbean (Region): Cuba: Cienfuegos
LocalityProvince of Santa Clara; Cieneguita
Date Collected1896-01-04
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/4cb7c507-af97-4096-8324-2fbc329abfd2
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00010224
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Mikania trinitaria de Candolle
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Mikania oopetala Urban
Determined byB. L. Robinson (GH)
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Isosyntype
Isosyntype of Mikania oopetala Urban
Verified byD. E. Boufford (A)
Date Determined1982
Taxon Reference(for Mikania oopetala Urban) Symb. Antill. [Urban] 1901. 2: 461.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationFabaceae: Pictetia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00057627
Type StatusSyntype
CollectorR. Combs
Collector number735
CountryCuba
StateCienfuegos
GeographyNorth America: Caribbean (Region): Cuba: Cienfuegos
LocalityProvince Santa Clara, Cieueguita, on poor dry sandy or gravelly barrens and savannahs
Date Collected1896-04-03
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/81631e64-a274-44fb-9605-b22fa505fbfd
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00057627
HerbariumGH
FamilyFabaceae
Type Status Syntype
Syntype of Pictetia sessilifolia C. Wright ex Greenman
Verified byT. Zanoni
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Taxon Reference(for Pictetia sessilifolia C. Wright ex Greenman) Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1897. 7: 411.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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RemarksBeyra and Lavin annotate this specimen as not a type because P. sessilifolia is a nom. nov., which it is not! It is sp. nov. Greenman is citing P. ternata DC. sensu Griseb., not P. ternata DC.

ClassificationBoraginaceae: Heliotropium
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00245458
CollectorR. Combs
Collector number750
CountryCuba
GeographyNorth America: Caribbean (Region): Cuba
LocalityCieneguita, S.N.
Date Collected1896-02-26
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/11bfba89-6313-40c6-acae-e6ecb363e0ae
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00245458
HerbariumGH
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Heliotropium parciflorum (Martius) Grisebach
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item RemarksOn mix sheet with 245457 & 245459

ClassificationOrchidaceae: Epidendrum
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00253440
CollectorR. Combs
Collector number752
CountryCuba
GeographyNorth America: Caribbean (Region): Cuba
Date Collected1896-02-28
Substrateon trees
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/46afff69-cad7-4be3-80c9-b1aeff0d060d
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00253440
HerbariumAMES
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Epidendrum difforme Jacquin
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is label name] [is Current name]
Accession NumberAMES 73540
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed

ClassificationOrchidaceae: Epidendrum
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00253863
CollectorR. Combs
Collector number737
CountryCuba
StateSanta Clara
GeographyNorth America: Caribbean (Region): Cuba: Santa Clara
Date Collected1896-10-02
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/42ea4345-480a-4b75-b5bd-6deaf0fc6752
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00253863
HerbariumAMES
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Epidendrum rigidum Jacquin
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is label name] [is Current name]
Accession NumberAMES 73746
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed

ClassificationOrchidaceae: Epidendrum
Classification 1Orchidaceae: Prosthechea
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00256726
CollectorR. Combs
Collector number698
CountryCuba
StateSanta Clara
GeographyNorth America: Caribbean (Region): Cuba: Santa Clara
LocalityCienfuegos, Cieneguita n.
Date Collected1896-07-01
HabitatOn the trunks and branches of trees in marshy woods
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/b7cb268c-8889-419d-a093-f027ed5d7bec
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00256726
HerbariumGH
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Epidendrum cochleatum Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Prosthechea cochleata (Linnaeus) W. E. Higgins
Determined byJ. D. Ackerman
Date Determined1999
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
Accession NumberGH 3749
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item RemarksOrchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames No.73509

ClassificationOrchidaceae: Bletia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00264589
CollectorR. Combs
Collector number705
CountryCuba
StateSanta Clara
GeographyNorth America: Caribbean (Region): Cuba: Santa Clara
LocalityCienfuegos, Cieneguita
Date Collected1896-02-10
HabitatCommon along shaded grassy streams and marshes
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d6cb0811-35bf-47b5-a3a7-091052047799
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00264589
HerbariumGH
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Bletia verecunda (Salisbury) R. Brown
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Bletia purpurea (Lamarck) de Candolle
Determined byV. Sosa
Date Determined1992-04-**
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
Accession NumberGH 5582
Sexnot determined
PhenologySterile
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item RemarksOrchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames No.75102

ClassificationOrchidaceae: Bletia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00264643
CollectorR. Combs
Collector number705
CountryCuba
GeographyNorth America: Caribbean (Region): Cuba
LocalityCieneguita
Date Collected1896-02-10
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/7579478f-c62c-41fd-b119-508805265ad0
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00264643
HerbariumGH
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Bletia verecunda (Salisbury) R. Brown
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Bletia purpurea (Lamarck) de Candolle
Determined byV. Sosa
Date Determined1992-04-**
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
Accession NumberGH 5581
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item RemarksOrchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames No.75072

ClassificationOrchidaceae: Spiranthes
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00556644
CollectorR. Combs
Collector number728
CountryCuba
StateSanta Clara
GeographyNorth America: Caribbean (Region): Cuba: Santa Clara
LocalityCienfuegos, Cieneguita
Date Collected1896-02-28
Habitatin marshy grassland at sources of small streams
ContainerFlora Cubana: Province of Santa Clara, district of Cienfuegos
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/328485ac-5cf3-49f5-a584-c7da87648df1
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00556644
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipAMES No.71717
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Spiranthes tortilis (Swartz) Richard
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Spiranthes torta (Thunberg) Garay & H. R. Sweet
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Accession NumberGH 1705
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed

ClassificationDroseraceae: Drosera
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01973571
CollectorR. Combs
Collector number689
CountryCuba
StateCienfuegos
GeographyNorth America: Caribbean (Region): Cuba: Cienfuegos
Locality[illegible] SW.
Date Collected1896-08-01 [1-9-96]
HabitatOn damp palces near grassy marshes.
ContainerFlora Cubana: Province of Santa Clara, district of Cienfuegos
FrequencyNot uncommon.
ProjectPlants on Edge/Endless Forms
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/5bfdc7f2-528d-4772-a873-977d98170bd7
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01973571
HerbariumGH
FamilyDroseraceae
Determination Drosera capillaris Poiret
Determined bySilva, Tania Regina dos Santos & Correa A., Mireya D.
Date Determined2000
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationLentibulariaceae: Utricularia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)01976668
CollectorR. Combs
Collector number687
CountryCuba
StateSanta Clara
GeographyNorth America: Caribbean (Region): Cuba: Santa Clara
LocalityDistrict of Cienfuegos.
Date Collected1896-09-01 [1-9-96]
HabitatGrowing on the wet mud of grassy marshes.
FrequencyNot uncommon.
ProjectPlants on Edge/Endless Forms
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a6dd0283-28e1-4244-a1b0-cc14b59ba3ad
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode01976668
HerbariumGH
FamilyLentibulariaceae
Determination Utricularia simulans Pilger
Determined byTaylor, Peter Geoffrey
Date Determined1978-10-15
Determination Remarks [is filed under name] [is Current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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