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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationCaesalpiniaceae: Cassia
Classification 1Caesalpiniaceae: Senna
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00053013
Type StatusHolotype
CollectorE. Coues & Edw. Palmer
Collector number171
CountryUnited States of America
StateArizona
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Arizona
LocalitySouthern Arizona
Locality Remarks[unlikey collected in 1861, Coues and Palmer did not collect together until 1865 when palmer reached Fort Whipple (see McVaugh 1956, p. 25-34)]
Date Collected1861
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/37c00d8a-523f-47d1-b415-5645cec9a9f3
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00053013
HerbariumGH
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Type Status Holotype
Holotype of Cassia covesii A. Gray
Taxon Reference(for Cassia covesii A. Gray) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1868. 7: 399.
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Determination Senna covesii (A. Gray) Irwin & Barneby
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation TextCoues & Palmer 171; cited in Irwin & Barneby, The American Cassiinae. Mem. N. Y. Bot. Gard. 35. 1982, p. 276.
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Determination Cassia covesii A. Gray
Determined byD. Isely
Date Determined1973
Annotation TextHolotype
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Determination Cassia covesii A. Gray
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Textn. sp.
FamilyCaesalpiniaceae
Determination Cassia crotalarioides Kunth
Determined byB. L. R. [B. L. Robinson (GH)]
Annotation TextSyn. Fl. N. Amer.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarksmounted with Lieut. Wheeler s. n., Arizona 1871 specimen on the left
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