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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationBoraginaceae: Mertensia
Complex ObjectThis is a complex collection object (3 items with 1 preparation)
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00443640
Other Barcodes on Sheet00443641; 00443642
Type StatusPossible Type
CollectorG. Vasey
Collector number437A
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
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/98e0d24f-a99e-496a-a6ca-230af696587f
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00443640
HerbariumGH
FamilyBoraginaceae
Type StatusPossible Type
Possible Type of Mertensia papillosa Greene
Determination Remarks [filed under]
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 secundorum Cockerell
Determined byM. Nazaire
Date Determined2018
Determination Remarks [current name]
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) de Candolle
Determined byWilliams, Louis Otto
Date Determined1936
Annotation Textno 1.
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Mertensia lanceolata (Pursh) de Candolle
Determined byJ.F.M. [J. F. Macbride]
Date Determined1916
Annotation TextThis sheet contains M. lanceolata (Pursh) DC. Vasey specimen. (papillosa Greene!).
FamilyBoraginaceae
Determination Mertensia alpina (Torrey) G. Don
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation Textvar.
PhenologyFruit
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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