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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCommelinaceae: Tradescantia
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00338040; 00338042
CollectorE. J. Palmer
Collector number39646
CountryUnited States of America
StateMassachusetts
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Massachusetts: Suffolk County: Boston
LocalityThe Arnold Arboretum, near Dawson Nursery [Jamaica Plain]
Date Collected1931-08-03
HabitatGrassy open and partially shaded ground
ContainerSpontaneous Flora of the Arnold Arboretum
Organism/Item1 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/6ee94e43-d441-431d-9fd5-2c0a5e58b2ed
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00338040
HerbariumA
FamilyCommelinaceae
Determination Tradescantia virginiana Linnaeus
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2011
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Texta.
FamilyCommelinaceae
Determination Tradescantia virginiana Linnaeus
Determination Remarks [label name]
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Organism/Item2 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/b580a5e6-02c7-406a-9bde-71565ad27f7c
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00338042
HerbariumA
FamilyCommelinaceae
Determination Tradescantia subaspera Ker Gawler
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2011
Determination Remarks [filed under] [current name]
Annotation Textb. Note glandular hairs, flexuous stems, and proximal leaves petiolate
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed

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