MUSEUM OBJECT
Title:
Mountain Kittentails
Alt. Title:
Synthyris missurica
Creators:
Collected by:Meriwether Lewis & William Clark | Collection date:06/26/1806
Dates:
1806
Abstract:
Synthyris missurica (Raf.) Pennell in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 85: 89. 1933, based on Veronica missurica Raf. in Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 3: 175. 1818, a new name for Veronica reniformis Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept.: 10. Dec (sero) 1813 (non Raf., 1808). - Lectotype: PH-LC 211 (Moulton 166b), designated by Pennell (in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 85: 89. 1933). Duplicate of the lectotype: PH-LC 210 (Moulton 166a).
Pursh provides a full description of the species in Latin. The type was collected on 26 Jun 1806 when the expedition was along Hungery Creek below Willow Ridge in Idaho Co., Idaho (Moulton, 1993: 52-55).
(The Lewis & Clark Herbarium Digital Imagery Study Set, ANSP, 2002)
On deposit at the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Collected by:Meriwether Lewis & William Clark Collection date:06/26/1806
Call #:
PH-LC 210
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