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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationNymphaeaceae: Nymphaea
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 2 preparations)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00589924; 00589925
Type StatusIsosyntype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number3
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: Uvalde County
Locality[near the head of the Leona]
Date Collected1849-06-18
Habitat[pond]
Organism/Item1 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/44f33665-27ea-47ec-9033-e6fc4e16d56b
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00589924
HerbariumGH
FamilyNymphaeaceae
Type Status Isosyntype
Isosyntype of Nymphaea elegans Hooker
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2015
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Annotation TextISOSYNTYPE
Taxon Reference(for Nymphaea elegans Hooker) Bot. Mag. 1851. 77: pl. 4604.
FamilyNymphaeaceae
Determination Nymphaea elegans Hooker
Determined byConard, Henry Shoemaker
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyNymphaeaceae
Determination Nymphaea elegans Hooker
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2014]
Annotation TextSyn. Fl. N. Amer.
FamilyNymphaeaceae
DeterminationInQuestion Nymphaea mexicana Zuccarini
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) W. T. Kittredge, 2014]
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyNymphaeaceae
Determination Nymphaea elegans Hooker
Determined by[A. Gray (scripsit) annotation on label, W. T. Kittredge, 2014]
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Organism/Item2 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d93f9ff7-82e7-46e2-9181-12fd268ce51e
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00589925
HerbariumGH
Previous ownership[Ex] Herb. John A. Lowell. Transferred from The Boston Society of Natural History to the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, October 2, 1941
FamilyNymphaeaceae
Type Status Isosyntype
Isosyntype of Nymphaea elegans Hooker
Verified byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2015
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Nymphaea elegans Hooker) Bot. Mag. 1851. 77: pl. 4604.
FamilyNymphaeaceae
Determination Nymphaea elegans Hooker
Determined by[ink annotation on sheet]
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyNymphaeaceae
Determination Nymphaea mexicana Zuccarini
Determination Remarks [label name]
FamilyNymphaeaceae
Determination Nymphaea elegans Hooker
Determined by[pencil annotation on sheet]
Annotation TextSyn. Fl. N. A. vol. 1 p. 78
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Thumbnail image of sheet
Orig tiff [186MB]
Full Quality [34MB]
Remarks(1 to B.) [on label] [1 to Bentham. Data from Wright's notes for field #457]

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