K. T. Hartweg

Creator(s):
  • Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
Creator role(s):
  • Creator
  • Cerastium floccosum Benth., ECUADOR, K. T. Hartweg 906, Isotype, F
    Creator: Field Museum of Natural History - Botany Department
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    Description: Cerastium floccosum Benth., ECUADOR, K. T. Hartweg 906, Isotype, F
Current Determination: Cerastium floccosum Benth.
Family: Caryophyllaceae
Type Status: Isotype
Coordinates: -1.4628 -78.1869
Additional data: collection locale & date discerned from McVaugh's synopsis of Hartweg's collecting history - clearly also stated in type citation that this was collected at Hacienda de Antisana, which is about 50 km SE of Quito

Collector(s): K. T. Hartweg
Collection Date: 31 March 1842
Catalog Subset: Seed Plants
Catalog Project: vTypes
EMu IRN: 330160
OccurenceID: d81a04c9-30e6-4f10-b591-6ef4d8cb3e12

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