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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationOrchidaceae: Habenaria
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00043759
Type StatusLectotype
CollectorJ. G. Schaffner
Collector number508
CountryMexico
StateSan Luis Potosí
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): Mexico: San Luis Potosí
Locality"Ex convalli San Luis Potosi", in montibus San Miguelito
Date Collected1876
ContainerFlora Mexicana
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/cf4e0bcb-7de1-4f8b-affc-572f4d13affd
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00043759
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipOrchid Herbarium of Oakes Ames No.70046
FamilyOrchidaceae
Type Status Lectotype
Lectotype of Habenaria schaffneri S. Watson
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined1983
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Habenaria schaffneri S. Watson) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1888. 23: 283.
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Habenaria schaffneri S. Watson
Determined byJimenez Machorro, Rolando
Date Determined2013
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Habenaria clypeata Lindley
Determined byWilliams, Louis Otto
Date Determined1938
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Habenaria schaffneri S. Watson
Determination Remarks [label name]
Accession NumberGH 155
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [190MB]
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RemarksThis sheet bears two of the three syntypes cited by Watson (Shaffner 508, Parry & Palmer 860, and Pringley 1375a). Ames just indicated that Shaffner was the type, and it is clear whether this indication constitutes lectotypification.

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