Since Dean Taylor passed away in 2020, these data are to be considered archived and will not be regularly updated.

Please note that this database used to display specimens from CAS, DS, RSA and POM. However, since the creation of CCH2, the accession numbers of these collections have changed to barcodes. As a result, the accession in Dean's database no longer link to specimens. In the future, Dean's database will be updated to link his notes to the corrected CCH2 accession numbers for these records.

Collection number: 1886 Current name: Astragalus whitenyi A. Gray var. whitneyi Field Book name: Astragalus whitneyi Gray Field Book data: p. 285 Mountain near Sonora Pass (ascended mountain 4 miles S. of Camp 10,000 feet p. 283) Notes (Field Book): Astragalus. Flower bright red violet. Loose soil near summit. Collector: William H. Brewer Collection date: 16 Jul 1863 Taylor notes: Accession numbers: UC13478 UC574621 GH59402 MO1875088 US321005 State: CA County: Mono Camp number: 125 Place: Mt. Emma Location description: upper watershed of Little Walker River and Poison Creek, on ridges and flanks near Mt. Emma, ca. 4 air miles S of Sonora Junction (Highway 108 at Highway 395) Elevation (estimated): 10000 ft Coordinates: 38.27091 -119.49 Notes: UC574621 is a photo of the type. Curatorial notes: "the protologue reads "On the same mountain with the preceeding species, in loose soil, near the summit, alt. 10,000 feet". The preceeding species, Astragalus ineptus A. Gray was "Dry, rocky mountain near Sonora Pass, alt. 9,000 feet"" Publication: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 6:525. 1865.