Agave seemanniana Jacobi
date: label: Collection Date
content: Apr 1965
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 80 - Central America
label: Collector
content: Howard S. Gentry
notes: label: Notes
content: Neotype cited at US by Gentry (1989), but specimen not found. It is not in our type herbarium, and has never been recorded as a type (or at all). I looked through this species in our main herbarium and likewise could not find it. There are several duplicates of this collection at other herbaria recorded on JSTOR; all are originally labeled as “Neotype” (but variously typed, photocopied, and handwritten). My suspicion is that the duplicate Gentry intended as the US neotype was mistakenly given to another herbarium. Specifically, the most complete duplicate is at ARIZ, with “Neotype” handwritten (and underlined) by Gentry; it bears not only foliage and fruits but also photographs of the living plant. It is also stamped “GENTRY HERBARIUM” and Gentry presumably would have used the best duplicate, from his own personal herbarium, as the neotype. I strongly suspect this was the duplicate intended for US as the neotype. John Boggan, 21 March 2017
label: Record Last Modified
content: 29 Aug 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 8-12 km SE of Tegucigalpa along road to Zamorano, Fco. Morazán, Honduras, Central America - Neotropics
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content: Botany
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content: Flowering plants and ferns
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content: Type Register
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Agave seemanniana Jacobi
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Gentry, H. S. 1982.
label: Type Status
content: Neotype
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Monocotyledonae Asparagales Asparagaceae Agavoideae