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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsclepiadaceae: Asclepias
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00375274
CollectorW. Deane
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County
LocalityBeaver Brook Reservation, upper section [Belmont/Waltham]
Date Collected1896-05-25
Frequencyabundant
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/51cfad7c-7d64-4de2-b83b-e83413120d28
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00375274
HerbariumNEBC
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias cornuti Decaisne
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias syriaca Linnaeus
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2013
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
PhenologySterile
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationAsclepiadaceae: Asclepias
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00375276
CollectorE. F. Williams
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Suffolk County: Boston
LocalityStony Brook Reservation [Hyde Park/West Roxbury]
Date Collected1896-09-13
HabitatClearing in woods
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2c7ba820-0748-4873-9b36-cbe78532f4e4
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00375276
HerbariumNEBC
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias cornuti Decaisne
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias syriaca Linnaeus
Determined by[annotation on label]
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationAsclepiadaceae: Asclepias
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00375308
CollectorE. F. Williams
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Norfolk County: Milton
LocalityHillside St., Blue Hills Reserv.
Date Collected1895-06-30
ProjectMetropolitan Park Flora
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/f83eaf6d-f861-49e0-ab6c-121e3c3ba81c
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00375308
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias cornuti Decaisne
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias syriaca Linnaeus
Determined by[annotation on label]
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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ClassificationAsclepiadaceae: Asclepias
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00967153
Other Barcodes on Sheet;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Localityup RR [Railroad] beyond mile post
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/0329209a-7f21-44c6-8c76-67f8d56f8dc9
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967153
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias cornuti Decaisne
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias syriaca Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
Annotation Textfide R. L. Angelo, Vascular Flora of Concord, Massachusetts (http://www.ray-a.com/ConcordMassFlora.pdf) Accessed 26 June 2107
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[op. RR]
Remarks["Then there is a common [kind of Asclepias] with many thick, elliptical, short-petioled leaves (up railroad, June 25); mucronated; stout-stemmed." Journal 6: 404. July 18, 1954]

ClassificationAsclepiadaceae: Asclepias
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00967153
Other Barcodes on Sheet;
CollectorH. D. Thoreau
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Middlesex County: Concord
Localityat Brooks crossing
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/ec004394-47f8-4a0a-9b80-437b6e5ded57
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00967153
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias cornuti Decaisne
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias syriaca Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
Annotation Textfide R. L. Angelo, Vascular Flora of Concord, Massachusetts (http://www.ray-a.com/ConcordMassFlora.pdf) Accessed 26 June 2107
SubcollectionThoreau Herbarium
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Description[at brook crossing]
Remarks["I notice two varieties (?), perhaps, of Asclepias Cornuti now out, one on the raiload meadow this side the Brooks Crossing, the other, beyond the first mile-post above." Journal 8: 400. July 5, 1856]

ClassificationAsclepiadaceae: Asclepias
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00076129
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorJ. B. Norton
Collector number762
CountryUnited States of America
StateKansas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Kansas: Riley County
Date Collected1896
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/ae85d9f8-55e1-4a31-b987-cb70039f36a8
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00076129
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias cornuti Decaisne
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias syriaca var. kansana (Vail) E. J. Palmer & Steyermark
Annotation Text[Annotated on sheet]
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias syriaca Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Asclepias kansana Vail
Taxon Reference(for Asclepias kansana Vail) Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 1904. 31: 457.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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