Dahlia merckii Lehm.

  • Filed As

    Asteraceae
    Dahlia merckii Lehm.

  • Collector(s)

    C. E. Smith 3924, 18 Jul 1961

  • Location

    Mexico. Veracruz. Acultzingo Mun. Along Tehuacan-Orizaba highway on the western slopes below Puerto del Aire.

  • Habitat

    Oak forest above giving way to scrubby second growth thickets below. Soils black to gray.

  • Description

    Color Flor: Flowers deep pink; 1.5 m tall.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 367157

    Occurrence ID: 518bc8f4-967d-4c2b-aa36-2285c7315b8a

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Asterales

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • All Determinations

    Dahlia merckii Lehm. det P. D. Sørensen, May 1967

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    Mexico

  • State/Province

    Veracruz

  • County/Municipio

    Acultzingo Mun.

  • Locality

    Along Tehuacan-Orizaba highway on the western slopes below Puerto del Aire

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1800 - 2200 m. (5906 - 7218 ft.)

  • Coordinates

    18.7, -97.3361

  • Georeferencing Method

    gazetteer.

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Taxonomie Studies in the Coreopsidinae
Herbarium of The University of Iowa
Dahlia merckii Lehm
MAY 1967
30
Paul D. Sorensen
NFW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
ÖÖ367157
BOTAWJCA(J
CHICAGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
MEXICO
Tehuacân area
N°. 3924 Dahlia scapigera (Deitr.) Link & Ott®
"Floreeillo de amorM•
Flowers deep pink* Growing to 1*5 a* tall*
Puebla: along Tehuacdn-Orizaba highway on the western
slopes below Puerto del Aire. Soils black to gray ; oak
forest above giving way to scrubby second-growth thickets
below. Alt. ca. 1800-2200 m. July 18, 1961
Coll: G. E. Smith, Jr., F. A. Peterson, &Narcisso Tejeda
Collected in co-operation with the Proyecto Arqueologico-Botanico “TehuacdnP of the
22. S. Peabody Foundation
00367157