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Index of Botanical Specimens

ClassificationAsteraceae: Aster
Classification 1Asteraceae: Symphyotrichum
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode(s)00002940
Type StatusIsotype
CollectorA. E. Porsild & A. J. Breitung
Collector number10703
CountryCanada
StateYukon Territory
GeographyNorth America: North America (CA, US, MX) (Region): Canada: Yukon Territory
LocalityWhitehorse: east of Lewes R.
Date Collected1944-07-28 - 1944-07-29
Elevation640 - 732 m
Verbatim Elevation2100-2400' [feet]
HabitatSandy and shaly bluffs and hillsides; open aspen woods
ContainerFlora of Yukon Territory
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/13fa21b0-ff80-4283-807c-8d8c102e936d
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00002940
HerbariumGH
Previous ownershipDistributed by The National Herbarium of Canada
FamilyAsteraceae
Type Status Isotype
Isotype of Aster elegantulus A. E. Porsild
Verified byBoufford, David Edward
Date Determined1982
Determination Remarks [filed under]
Taxon Reference(for Aster elegantulus A. E. Porsild) Canad. Field-Naturalist 1950. 64: 43.
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Symphyotrichum falcatum (Lindley) G. L. Nesom
Determined byKittredge, Walter Tobey
Date Determined2017
Determination Remarks [current name]
Annotation Textvar. falcatum
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster elegantulus A. E. Porsild
Determined byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1984
Annotation TextIsotype (as determined below)
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster falcatus Lindley
Determined byJones, Almut Gitter
Date Determined1984
Annotation Textssp. falcatus
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster ericoides var. commutatus (Torrey & A. Gray) B. Boivin
Determined byBoivin, Bernard
Date Determined1979
FamilyAsteraceae
Determination Aster elegantulus A. E. Porsild
Determination Remarks [label name]
Annotation TextIsotype n. sp.
Sexnot determined
PhenologyNotDetermined
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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