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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationBoraginaceae: Mertensia
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (2 items with 2 preparations)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00443638; 00443639
Type StatusType, Possible Type
CollectorG. Vasey
Collector number437 [in part]
CountryUnited States of America
StateColorado
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): United States of America: Colorado
LocalityRocky Mountains, Lat. 40-41°
Date Collected1868
Organism/Item1 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/94e5497f-1182-496e-a9b8-42f9f781f4f5
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00443638
HerbariumGH
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Mertensia viridis A. Nelson
Determined byWilliams, Louis Otto
Date Determined1936
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Mertensia alpina var. perplexa (Rydberg) J. F. Macbride
Determined byJ.F.M. [J. F. Macbride]
Date Determined1916
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Mertensia alpina (Torrey) G. Don
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Textvar.
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Mertensia sp.
Determined by[pencil annotation on sheet]
Annotation Textintermediate between alpina & ovata
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
Organism/Item2 of 2
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/8c06b133-ba7e-40aa-986f-e274d0f291b7
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00443639
HerbariumGH
FamilyBoraginaceae
Type Status Type
Type of Mertensia papillosa Greene
Verified byM. Nazaire
Date Determined2021
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Annotation TextApparently, the type for Mertensia papillosa Greene, however, while Green indicates in the protologue a Vasey collection made on Powell's Expedition, he does not cite Vasey's collection number (437).
Taxon Reference(for Mertensia papillosa Greene) Pittonia 1898. 3(18A): 261.
FamilyBoraginaceae
Type StatusPossible Type
Possible Type of Mertensia papillosa Greene
Annotation Text[L. O. Williams states in Ann. MIssouri Bot. Gard. 24: 94. 1937: "Rocky Mountains, coll. of 1868, Vasey 437 in part 1(G) [GH]; Rocky Mountains, coll. of 1868, Vasey 437B (M, US)" "1 This collection by Vasey, or the following one, may be type of papillosa. The type could not be located."]
Taxon Reference(for Mertensia papillosa Greene) Pittonia 1898. 3(18A): 261.
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) de Candolle
Determined byWilliams, Louis Otto
Date Determined1936
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) de Candolle
Determined byJ.F.M. [J. F. Macbride]
Date Determined1916
PhenologyFlowerAndFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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Remarks[The two specimens on sheet 443639 were originally mounted with the printed label and the specimen on the left side of sheet 443638. The second sheet has a handwritten label that reads: "No. 437, in part"]

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