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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationEuphorbiaceae: Euphorbia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00063322
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1837
CountryUnited States of America
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America
LocalityN. Mex.
Date Collected1851 - 1852
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/2efca806-ce3e-412e-8dc4-c7a256f01ce4
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00063322
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipTransferred from the Boston Soceity of Natural History to GH, Oct. 2, 1941
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Type Status Isolectotype
Isolectotype of Euphorbia dentata var. rigida Engelmann
Verified byM. H. Mayfield (TEX)
Date Determined1996-04-11
Determination Remarks[no publication given for lectotypification]
Taxon Reference(for Euphorbia dentata var. rigida Engelmann) Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. 1859. 190.
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Euphorbia dentata Michaux
Determined byM. H. Mayfield (TEX)
Date Determined1995-10-**
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Textboth fragments
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Euphorbia dentata var. rigida Engelmann
Determination Remarks [label name]
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Distribution #1837 includes field #181, 1st coll., "22 May 1851, stony hills, big bend of the San Pedro" Devils River, Val Verde Co., Texas, cited by Engelmann, and field #257, 2nd coll., "13 Aug. 1851, in detritus at sides of mountain torrents near Coppermines" Grant Co., New Mexico, and field #579, "2 July 1852, stony hills along the Pecos" Pecos Co., Texas. Neither of these two localities cited by Engelmann.]

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