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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsclepiadaceae: Asclepias
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00267326
Type StatusIsolectotype
CollectorC. Wright
Collector number[1692]
CountryUnited States of America
StateTexas
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: Pecos County
LocalityN. Mex. [Leon Springs to the Limpio]
Date Collected1851-06-09
Habitat[Prairie-dog towns]
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/9be23d43-ff92-4393-a55a-83cac258054f
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00267326
HerbariumGH
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Type Status Isolectotype
Isolectotype of Asclepias brachystephana Engelmann ex Torrey
Verified byW. T. Kittredge
Date Determined2008
Determination Remarks[Lectotype: (MO) Gray wrote"same as No. 8 to you" on label]
Taxon Reference(for Asclepias brachystephana Engelmann ex Torrey) Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. 1-20 Apr 1859. 163.
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias brachystephana Engelmann ex Torrey
Determined byJ. P. Therrien (KANU)
Date Determined1998-04-**
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyAsclepiadaceae
Determination Asclepias brachystephana Engelmann ex Torrey
Determined byA. Gray
Determination Remarks[A. Gray (scripsit)]
Annotation TextSyn. Fl. N. Amer.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Item Remarks[mounted with non-type specimen of Wright 1692, field #440, 62388]
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Remarks8 to E [8 to Engelmann. Date, locality and habitat from Wright's notes for field #389, 1st coll. Gray didn't write the distribution number on this label, but he did on the duplicate he sent to Engelmann (MO)]

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