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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAmaranthaceae
Classification 1Amaranthaceae: Amaranthus
Classification 2Amaranthaceae
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00036979
Type StatusLectotype
CollectorS. W. Woodhouse
CountryUnited States of America
StateNew Mexico
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: New Mexico
LocalityPueblo Zuni
Date Collected1851-09-**
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/deb6ccf1-4010-4102-9ec1-ce2e189b3478
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00036979
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipex Torrey ex Herb. George Thurber
FamilyAmaranthaceae
Determination Acanthochiton wrightii Torrey
Determination Remarks [is label name]
FamilyAmaranthaceae
Determination Amaranthus acanthochiton (Torrey) J. D. Sauer
Determined bySauer, Jonathan Deiniger
Date Determined1952
Determination Remarks [is Current name]
Annotation TextCollected at Zuni, New Mexico by S. W. Woodhouse. Holotype of the species.
FamilyAmaranthaceae
Type Status Lectotype
Lectotype of Acanthochiton wrightii Torrey
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2011
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Annotation Text"S. W. Woodhouse s.n., Sitgreaves expedition, Zuñi Pueblo, September 1851, ♂ ♀ GH!, the ♀ here designated as lectotype"
Taxon Reference(for Acanthochiton wrightii Torrey) Rep. Exped. Zuni & Colorado Rivers 1853. 170.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks= Amaranthus acanthochiton (Torrey) J. D. Sauer (det. J. D. Sauer, 1952)

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