Opuntia missouriensis DC.
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Filed As
Cactaceae
Opuntia missouriensis DC. -
Collector(s)
A. B. Donaldson 6225, 1874
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Location
United States of America. South Dakota. Black Hills (Custer Expedition).
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Identifiers
NY Barcode: 03888427
Occurrence ID: fe36029c-6e7f-4384-8db2-e49ec0bc525b
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Kingdom
Plantae
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Division
Magnoliophyta
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Order
Caryophyllales
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Family
Cactaceae
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All Determinations
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Region
North America
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Country
United States of America
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State/Province
South Dakota
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Locality
Black Hills (Custer Expedition)
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Distribution
/ The New York Botanical Garden Aris Berkeley Donaldson was the botanist on Lt. Col. George A. Custer’s 1874 expedition to the Black Hills in search of gold and a suitable site for a military post. Donaldson gave the plant specimens to N. H. Winchell, who sent them for determination to J. M. Coulter, the botanist at Wabash College from 1879-1891. (V. Masson, 1993) <£W Yo/^ BOTANICAL warden Wabash Coll. Herbarium (WAB) Donated to NY in 1987 NpW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN 03888427 I m Herb. J. M; Coulter mgg k wß // 7^ ' (Ûà 03888427
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Opuntia missouriensis DC.