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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationEuphorbiaceae: Euphorbia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00047898
Type StatusPossible Type
CollectorP. Commerson
CountryArgentina
GeographySouth America: South America (Region) (Region): Argentina
LocalityLa Plata
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/67fa57b9-2065-436f-a331-dfb258131cb8
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00047898
HerbariumA
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Type StatusPossible Type
Possible Type of Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
Determination Remarks [is a fragment]
Taxon Reference(for Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck) Encycl. [Lamarck] 1788. 2: 428.
FamilyEuphorbiaceae
Determination Euphorbia spathulata Lamarck
Determination RemarksType locality is Montevideo; this specimen is from La Plata [label name] [current name]
Annotation TextTypus!
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item RemarksMounted with fragment of Commerson s. n., ex hb. Lamarck (barcode 47899)
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Remarks[packet label cites La Plata, which is name of the river dividing Uruguay from Argentina and was also the 18th century name of Buenos Aires, Argentina (the current city of La Plata, Argentina was founded in 1882); Montevideo (the locality cited in the protologue) is on the Uruguay shore of the La Plata river]

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