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Index of Botanical Specimens

Classification	Cactaceae: Opuntia
Classification 1	Cactaceae: Grusonia
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)	00267748
Type Status	Isolectotype
Collector	C. Wright
Country	United States of America
State	Texas
Geography	North America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Texas: Hudspeth County
Locality	N. Mex. [the Rio Grande 80 miles below El Paso]
Date Collected	1851-06-19
Habitat	[Sandy ridges, valley of]
GUID	http://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/d42432c0-51bf-40ed-b4ae-61fef5a37d88
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode	00267748
Herbarium	GH
Family	Cactaceae
Type Status	Isolectotype
Isolectotype of	Opuntia grahamii Engelmann
Verified by	W. t. Kittredge
Date Determined	2008
Determination Remarks	[LT: MO]
Taxon Reference	(for Opuntia grahamii Engelmann) Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 1856. 3: 304.
Family	Cactaceae
Determination	Grusonia grahamii (Engelmann) H. Robinson
Determined by	W. T. Kittredge
Date Determined	2008
Determination Remarks	[current name]
Annotation Text	Phytologia. 26: 176. 1973
Family	Cactaceae
Determination	Opuntia grahamii Engelmann
Determination Remarks	[label name]
Sex	not determined
Phenology	Flower
Preparation Type	Sheet
Preparation Method	Pressed


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Remarks

[Date, locality and habitat from Wright's notes for field #539, 1st coll. I. M. Johnston (1940 ms.) states, "The party struck the Rio Grande 6 mi below the site of old Ft. Quitman which was opposite the present town of La Banderas in Mexico. This is about 80 miles down the Rio Grande from El Paso and is in Hudspeth County."]