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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationOrchidaceae: Prescottia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00062173
Type StatusIsotype, Possible Isolectotype
CollectorC. Osten
Collector number22939b
CountryUruguay
StateCanelones
GeographySouth America: South America (Region) (Region): Uruguay: Canelones
LocalityLa Floresta, in uliginosis dunarum greg. cop.
Date Collected1933-10-23
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/4345a04c-25f4-4e84-8bbf-bf5ab33cd05b
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00062173
HerbariumAMES
FamilyOrchidaceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Prescottia ostenii Pabst
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined1983
Taxon Reference(for Prescottia ostenii Pabst) Bradea 1980. 3, 7: 50.
FamilyOrchidaceae
Type StatusPossible Isolectotype
Possible Isolectotype of Prescottia ostenii Pabst
Verified byK. Gandhi & I. Ferreras
Date Determined2009-06-**
Determination RemarksC. O. Azevedo & Van den Berg are not considering this specimen as isolectotype based on that this material is marked "Osten 22939 b" and have not identification by Pabst [is a fragment]
Taxon Reference(for Prescottia ostenii Pabst) Bradea 1980. 3, 7: 50.
FamilyOrchidaceae
Determination Prescottia ostenii Pabst
Determined byC. Vargas (MO)
Date Determined1998-08-**
Determination Remarks [current name]
Accession NumberAMES 39886
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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RemarksThis species was first described in Bradea 3,3: 19 (1979), but a holotype was not cited, rendering the description invalid. It was later validated in the reference cited above. Charles Schweinfurth identified it as a new species of Prescottia back in 1934, but he never described it

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