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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationBrassicaceae: Vesicaria
Classification 1Brassicaceae: Physaria
Classification 2Brassicaceae: Lesquerella
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00106163
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number1320
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: El Paso County
LocalityN. Mex. [near El Paso]
Date Collected1852 [27 Mar, 7 Apr]
Habitat[Stony hills]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/dcb65dcb-8a01-4fa1-9328-a3a3331f25f8
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00106163
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipTransferred from the Boston Society of Natural History to GH, Oct. 2, 1941
FamilyBrassicaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Vesicaria purpurea A. Gray
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2007
Taxon Reference(for Vesicaria purpurea A. Gray) Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 1853. 5(6): 14.
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Physaria purpurea (A. Gray) O'Kane & Al-Shehbaz
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyBrassicaceae
Determination Lesquerella purpurea (A. Gray) S. Watson
Determined byR. C. Rollins & E. A. Shaw
Date Determined1972
Annotation TextIsotype
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[Dates, locality, habitat and description from Wright's notes for field #s65 & 120]

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