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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAgavaceae: Agave
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00267619
Type StatusLectotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number682
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: Val Verde County
LocalityWestern Texas to El Paso, New Mexico [the San Felipe, and east to the Modina]
Date Collected1849-07-19
HabitatHigh prairies
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/a4965dea-9c1b-4b4e-86db-b5a993b28287
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00267619
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipTransferred from the Boston Society of Natural History to GH, Oct. 2, 1941
FamilyAgavaceae
Type Status Lectotype
Lectotype of Agave lechuguilla Torrey
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2008
Determination Remarks[step 1, no herbarium cited]
Taxon Reference(for Agave lechuguilla Torrey) Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. 1859. 213.
FamilyAgavaceae
Determination Agave lechuguilla Torrey
Determination Remarks [label name] [current name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Date, locality and habitat from Wright's notes for field #688]

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