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Taxa: Arecaceae
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University of California, Riverside Plant Herbarium

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UCR0013024A.C. Sanders   158891994-12-04
United States, California, Riverside, Salton Sink: Dos Palmas Spring and immediate vicinity, 33.5025 -115.83167, -30m
UCR
UCR0013025A.C. Sanders   120811992-03-21
United States, California, Imperial, Imperial Valley, Frink Spring, north of Hwy 111 and east of Frink Rd., 33.375 -115.64167, -10m
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UCR0013027Sarah J. De Groot   33532003-10-10
United States, California, San Bernardino, Whipple Mountains: Gene Reservoir, across Black Meadow Landing Road from Gene Pumping Station, 34.29778 -114.175, 218m
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Robert Krueger   2007--012007-11-18
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Mulege, San Ignacio, El Padrino Restaurant and trailer park, 27.29778 -112.8975, 115m
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Robert Krueger   2007--022007-11-18
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Mulege, San Ignacio, El Padrino Restaurant and trailer park, 27.29778 -112.8975, 115m
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Robert Krueger   2007--032007-11-18
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Mulege, San Ignacio, El Padrino Restaurant and trailer park, 27.29778 -112.8975, 115m
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Robert Krueger   2007--042007-11-14
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Mulege, Mulege, western part of oasis, 26.88083 -111.99944, 15m
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Robert Krueger   2007--052007-11-14
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Mulege, Mulege, western part of oasis, 26.88083 -111.99944, 15m
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Robert Krueger   2007--062007-11-14
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Mulege, Mulege, western part of oasis, 26.88083 -111.99944, 15m
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UCR0013023A.C. Sanders   372852010-02-20
United States, California, Imperial, near Haughtelin Lake (old Colorado R. oxbow), NE of Winterhaven between Cocopah (Blackwell) Rd. and lake, 32.77139 -114.58667, 39m
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UCR0013026Robert DeRuff   5702008-07-00
United States, California, Orange, Upper Newport Bay, between Mariner’s Drive and North Star Beach, 33.62639 -117.8925, 6m
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Robert Krueger   2007--072007-11-17
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Comondú, La Purisima; Meza family garden (”Huerta Familia Meza”) owned by Isabel Meza-Higuera, 26.17792 -112.09328, 114m
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Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
UCR0013030John C. Roos   27621943-12-19
United States, California, Riverside, Pushawalla Canyon, 33.825 -116.28333
UCR
Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
UCR0013031A.C. Sanders   158771994-12-04
United States, California, Riverside, Salton Trough: Dos Palmas oasis area, San Andres palm grove, 1.75 km (1.1 mi) WSW of Rancho Dos Palmas, marked “seep” on Durmid Q., 33.49667 -115.8505, -23m
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UCR0013022A.C. Sanders   434822018-03-22
United States, California, Imperial, Salton Trough; lobe of Chocolate Mtns. Aerial Gunnery Range just outside Camp Billy Machen and SW of the Coachella Canal, near intersection of Coachella Canal Rd. and Gas Line Rd., 33.2925 -115.49778, 26m
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Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
Reid Moran   251471977-10-16
Mexico, Baja California (norte), Tecate, Cañada las Palmas, south side of Valle de las Palmas, 32.34167 -116.65, 450m
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Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
UCR0013029Sarah J. De Groot   33542003-10-10
United States, California, San Bernardino, Whipple Mountains: Gene Reservoir, across Black Meadow Landing Road from Gene Pumping Station, 34.29778 -114.175, 218m
UCR
Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
UCR0113380Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   6762017-04-26
United States, California, Riverside, Agua Caliente Indian Reservation, Palm Canyon 7 km south of Palm Springs, 33.73592 -116.53722, 244m
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Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
UCR0113381Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   6412017-04-15
United States, California, San Bernardino, Joshua Tree National Park, [Fortynine Palms Oasis] 4 km SW of Twentynine Palms, 34.10544 -116.10506, 860m
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Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
UCR0113383Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   6342017-05-24
United States, California, San Diego, Anza-Borrego State Park, Hellhole Canyon, 4 miles west-southwest of Borrego Springs, 33.23667 -116.44061, 529m
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Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   6512017-10-14
United States, Arizona, Yuma, Kofa Mountains, Palm Canyon, 11 km on the dirt road that branches east from US 95, 31 km south of Quartzite, 33.36231 -114.09831, 893m
UCR
Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   5992017-03-28
Mexico, Baja California (norte), Ensenada, San Francisco de Borja Adac Mission, 45 km from Highway 1 and 22.5 km from Bahía de Los Ángeles, close to Gerardo Monteón’s house, 28.73983 -113.75192, 443m
UCR
Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   5852017-03-27
Mexico, Baja California (norte), Ensenada, Cañon Berrendo, c. 80 km SW of San Felipe, SW of Laguna Salada, west of Ejido Plan Nacional Agrario, c. 10 km from Don Lucio’s ranch, 30.52839 -115.1385, 808m
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Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   6862017-03-26
Mexico, Baja California (norte), Mexicali, Cañón El Palomar, c. 85 km SW of Mexicali, SW of Laguna Salada, 31.92853 -115.73169, 442m
UCR
Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   6682017-09-21
Mexico, Sonora, Guaymas, Sierra del Aguaje, Cañon de Nacapule, c. 7 km NW of San Carlos Bay, 500 m from parking lot, 28.01542 -111.05592, 167m
UCR
Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   6262017-03-30
Mexico, Baja California (norte), Ensenada, Mission Santa Gertridis, on dirt road, 32 km east of El Arco, 28.05086 -113.08458, 420m
UCR
Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   5932017-03-30
Mexico, Baja California (norte), Ensenada, La Bocana, dirt road 19.5 km west of Cataviña, which is 118 km south of El Rosario and 106 km north of the junction of Federal Highway 12 to Bahía de los Ángeles, 29.67686 -114.89947, 345m
UCR
Washingtonia filifera (Rafarin) H.Wendl. ex de Bary
UCR0113379A.C. Sanders   438032020-01-17
United States, California, Imperial, Chocolate Mtns./Imperial Valley, near intersection of Coachella Canal Rd. and Frink Rd, below Coachella Canal and Siphon 17, 2.2 km NNE (21°) of Frink, 33.38167 -115.63806, 6m
UCR
Washingtonia H. Wendl.
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   5762017-02-22
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Mulegé, Los Álamos, 2 km NE of Mission San Ignacio Kadakaamán, 27.29719 -112.88, 125m
UCR
Richard A. Marin   65--92PF1965-06-22
Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa, Nevati, 5 miles south of Puerto Bermudez, -10.36972 -74.84972, 274m
UCR
Richard A. Marin   65--79PF1965-06-20
Peru, Pasco, Oxapampa, Nevati, 5 miles south of Puerto Bermudez, -10.36972 -74.84972, 274m
UCR
Brahea armata S.Watson
Jon P. Rebman   37821997-01-19
Mexico, Baja California (norte), Ensenada, Carrizo Canyon, E side of range; canyon north of Guadalupe Canyon, about 25 mi south of Hwy 2 between Tecate and Mexicali, 32.2 -115.78333, 300m
UCR
Brahea armata S.Watson
David Charlton   14061988-03-13
Mexico, Baja California (norte), Ensenada, Lower Guadalupe Canyon, SW of Mexicali, near hot springs. Sandy valley west of Laguna Salada; Cantu Palms west of Rancho Ponderosa, 32.16667 -115.78333, 152m
UCR
Brahea armata S.Watson
A.C. Sanders   20311980-09-21
Mexico, Baja California (norte), Ensenada, 3 miles north of Cataviña and about 0.25 mile east of the hwy, 29.74869 -114.73761, 628m
UCR
Brahea brandegeei (Purpus) H.E.Moore
John Ahlborn   s.n.1997-10-07
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Mulege, Arroyo Santa Teresa (cave paintings site near San Ignacio). Lat. and Long. are approximate, 27.5 -112.75
UCR
Brahea brandegeei (Purpus) H.E.Moore
Jon P. Rebman   56861998-09-27
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Mulege, W of Mulege: along the Cumbra de San Pedro between the Ex-Mision de Guadalupe and San Juan de la Pila, 26.87944 -112.4425, 1160m
UCR
A.C. Sanders   290282004-11-07
United States, California, Los Angeles, site called Lookout Gates on topo, 1 mile NE of Chatsworth at foot of Santa Susana Mtns, 5 acre estate proposed for conversion to private high school (Sierra Canyon H.S.), west of the north end of Lurline Ave, N of Nashville St, just south of 118 Fwy, 34.27167 -118.585, 351m
UCR
F.B. Essig   s.n.1969-04-03
United States, California, Riverside, University of California, Riverside, 33.97361 -117.32722
UCR
UCR0013013A.C. Sanders   111521991-07-19
United States, California, Riverside, Murrieta Hot Springs, large vernal pool on the south side of Murrieta Hot Springs Road, east of Via Princesa & north of Calle del Lago, 33.55417 -117.15167, 348m
UCR
UCR0013007A.C. Sanders   101971990-10-06
United States, California, Orange, Newport Bay. North Star County Beach area on the SW end of the Bay, c. 2 km inland of Hwy 1, 33.62806 -117.88833, 1m
UCR
UCR0013012Mitch Provance   4451998-04-14
United States, California, Riverside, Crestmore Heights, E. Rattlesnake Mt, “Oak Knoll” about 0.5 km west of Rubidoux Blvd, across the street from the Crestmore Mines at the Riverside Cement Company.; Jurupa Mountains, 34.0265 -117.39683, 396m
UCR
UCR0013006A.C. Sanders   275022004-04-16
United States, California, San Diego, Carlsbad, Buena Vista Lagoon Ecological Reserve, lower section between the Pacific Coast Hwy and the RR, 33.16833 -117.35806, 2m
UCR
UCR0013011Scott D. White   81392000-10-24
United States, California, Riverside, South of Hemet: “Gibbel Flat” in the Santa Rosa Hills, 33.70833 -116.93333, 610m
UCR
UCR0013021A.C. Sanders   138311993-04-27
United States, California, San Bernardino, Arrowhead Hot Springs, c. 700 ft WSW of the old Arrowhead Hot Springs Hotel, W side of the road to the hotel from Old Waterman Canyon Rd. and south of a dirt track which angles back toward the property entrance, 34.18722 -117.265, 595m
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UCR0013016A.C. Sanders   296612005-04-22
United States, California, San Diego, Batiquitos Lagoon Ecological Reserve, north side of lagoon, east of the I-5 Fwy, along the trail past the nature center, 33.0925 -117.29028
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UCR0013015Mark A. Elvin   41822005-04-06
United States, California, San Diego, Otay River, east of the junction with O’Neal Canyon, 32.60167 -116.92944, 91m
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UCR0013014A.C. Sanders   318302005-10-12
United States, California, San Diego, Carlsbad, Carlsbad Highlands Ecological Reserve, slopes & canyons c. 1 mile SE of Cerro de la Calavera, SW of the end of Cannon Rd., 33.15972 -117.2725, 91m
UCR
UCR0013020LeRoy Gross   7432003-02-22
United States, California, Los Angeles, South side; Along Brand Canyon (fire burned this area in Summer-fall of 2002). Above one of the debris dams, below where the falls from the west fork drainage comes in., 34.18889 -118.27361, 320m
UCR
UCR0013008A.C. Sanders   360072008-08-07
United States, California, Orange, Weir Canyon at powerline crossing, 1.0 mi. (air) SSE of Walnut Canyon Reservoir, 33.82556 -117.74361, 226m
UCR
UCR0013019LeRoy Gross   24512006-01-20
United States, California, Los Angeles, east end of the Verdugos, north side of the main crest. Deer Creek off of Beaudry Road, west of debris basin, 34.19256 -118.248, 448m
UCR
UCR0013009Mark A. Elvin   23182003-02-23
United States, California, Orange, Irvine, San Joaquin Marsh along the berm of San Diego Creek, 33.6625 -117.85, 3m
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UCR0013010Duncan S. Bell   44462013-01-30
United States, California, Riverside, the Mecca Hills, an unnamed canyon between Thermal Canyon and Painted Canyon, just to the southwest of Mecca Hills Peak 1642, 33.63114 -116.04472, 103m
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UCR0013018R.G. Swinney   143532011-04-05
United States, California, Los Angeles, Little Santa Anita Cyn, base of Mt. Wilson Trail, above Mira Monte Ave, to 0.15 miles NE above the trailhead, 34.17278 -118.04611, 268m
UCR
UCR0013017R.G. Swinney   165922014-05-19
United States, California, Los Angeles, Glendora, ridge between east fork of Harrow Cyn. and west fork of Engelwild Cyn, 0.4 mile SSE of Glendora Ridge Motorway, 34.15944 -117.85833, 622m
UCR
A.C. Sanders   104161991-01-08
Mexico, Jalisco, Zapotitlan De Vadillo, Motel at La Maria, SE of Lago La Maria, 22 air km NNW of Colima [2 sheets] [near Rcho. El Jabali], 19.45833 -103.70833, 1250m
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Trachycarpus fortunei (Hook.) H.Wendl.
T.B. Salvato   0192000-09-15
United States, California, Riverside, Riverside, Watkins Drive just north of Blaine Street, 33.98389 -117.32694, 328m
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UCR0013034A.C. Sanders   219371998-06-03
United States, California, Ventura, Moorpark, hills south of Tierra Rejada Valley, along Read Rd. c. 0.5 mile east of Moorpark Rd, just west of Hwy 23, c. 1 mile NW of Wood Ranch Reservoir, c. 2 miles NE of Thousand Oaks; Moorpark, 34.24583 -118.84639, 209m
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UCR0013043Mitch Provance   8711998-07-04
United States, California, San Bernardino, Colton, near the corner of S La Cadena Dr. and W Maryknoll Dr.; W La Loma Hills, 34.02386 -117.33758, 290m
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UCR0013041A.C. Sanders   256652003-01-14
United States, California, Riverside, Louis Rubidoux Nature Center, Santa Ana River, 33.97778 -117.42222, 220m
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UCR0013042A.C. Sanders   251692002-06-19
United States, California, Los Angeles, Newhall Ranch, spring 1.5 miles ESE of Del Valle, SW of Castaic Junction, canyon above bench mark 926, just south of Santa Clara River, 34.41667 -118.635, 305m
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UCR0013035A.C. Sanders   317152005-10-05
United States, California, San Diego, Blue Sky Ecological Reserve (DFG), east of Rancho Bernardo and north of Poway, along road in lower canyon below turnoff to Lake Poway, 33.01583 -117.01417, 183m
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UCR0013040A.C. Sanders   359822008-08-07
United States, California, Orange, lower Weir Canyon, at narrow gorge c. 0.6 mi. above mouth of cyn at Irvine Ranch gate, 33.81472 -117.75056, 185m
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UCR0013033Scott D. White   102542004-04-26
United States, California, Riverside, Soboba Indian Reservation, Indian Creek Watershed, 33.76667 -116.86667, 518m
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UCR0013037A.C. Sanders   360722008-09-18
United States, California, Orange, Lomas de Santiago, Santiago Creek Canyon c. 1 mile above the highway bridge, 33.73694 -117.66139, 320m
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UCR0013039A.C. Sanders   383562010-05-14
United States, California, Los Angeles, Palos Verdes Peninsula, San Ramon Canyon in city of Rancho Palos Verdes, near Los Angeles city boundary, 33.72833 -118.32806, 128m
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UCR0013036Mark A. Elvin   23172003-02-23
United States, California, Orange, Irvine, San Joaquin Marsh along the berm of San Diego Creek, 33.6625 -117.85, 3m
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UCR0013038A.C. Sanders   385702010-08-05
United States, California, Los Angeles, Madrona Marsh Preserve, Torrance, 33.82611 -118.34278, 24m
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UCR0013032R.G. Swinney   170602015-04-02
United States, California, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Eaton Canyon Natural Area and Nature Center, 1750 N. Altadena Drive, canyon bottom, from the south end of the park at New York Dr. to 0.4 mile up-canyon, 34.175 -118.09528, 280m
UCR
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   6602017-02-23
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Mulegé, Mulegé, c. 900 meters south of main road of town, 26.88603 -111.99181, 17m
UCR
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   6952017-02-20
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Los Cabos, c. 55 km NW of La Paz, 6 km SW of ROFOMEX mine site, 24.34147 -110.71239, 70m
UCR
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   7042017-02-18
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Los Cabos, South of San José del Cabo downtown, Estero San José del Cabo, between San José del Cabo and La Playita, 23.05294 -109.68656, 3m
UCR
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   6172017-02-21
Mexico, Baja California Sur, Comondú, San José de Comondú, c. 50 km west of Loreto, 26.06114 -111.82442, 292m
UCR
Lorena Villanueva-Almanza   6032017-02-24
Mexico, Baja California Sur, La Paz, Rancho Robles, carretera a Los Planes km 30 plus 7.5 km, brecha leading northwards, El Sargento, 24.08336 -110.11, 735m
UCR
Helen Kennedy   7061971-01-03
Panama, Panama Province, Cerro Campana, 8.71111 -79.94972, 800m
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Marcela Ruiz Guerrero   2011--512011-11-17
Mexico, Sinaloa, Rosario, Quebrada de la Guasimita, Ejido Palos Blancos, 23.27 -105.84417, 420m
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Marcela Ruiz Guerrero   2010--2322010-05-26
Mexico, Sinaloa, Concordia, transecto de Rancho Coyotes al Cerro El Pirame, Comunidad La Guásima, 23.41518 -105.98978, 728m
UCR
A.C. Sanders   51071984-07-18
United States, California, Riverside, Riverside: Kansas at Pennsylvania, edge of Bordwell Park, 33.96778 -117.35722, 287m
UCR
Brahea aculeata (Brandegee) H.E.Moore
T.R. Van Devender   
Mexico, Sonora, Yecora, detailed locality information protected
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Brahea aculeata (Brandegee) H.E.Moore
P.S. Martin   
Mexico, Sonora, Alamos, detailed locality information protected
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Brahea aculeata (Brandegee) H.E.Moore
A.C. Sanders   
Mexico, Sonora, detailed locality information protected
UCR
Brahea dulcis (Kunth) Mart.
A.C. Sanders   134901993-03-20
Mexico, Sonora, Alamos, above El Puerto de La Huerta (a saddle above La Huerta), on the trail to El Pinal Grande and Aduana Peak, 26.98333 -108.97667, 1300m
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L.M. Ortega Torres   2751988-03-10
Mexico, Yucatán, Maxcanú, Domestic garden at Hacienda Chunchucmil, c. 30 km NE of Maxcanú, 20.68333 -90.21667, 12m
UCR
A.C. Sanders   193711996-07-22
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Curú (9°46-48’N, 84°54-58’W); Nicoya Peninsula, 9.78333 -84.93333, 15m
UCR
A.C. Sanders   417432015-06-04
United States, California, Riverside, Riverside, UCR Campus, in front of Keen Hall (old Bio-Ag Sci. library) just north of Batchelor Hall, 33.97278 -117.32528, 335m
UCR
A.C. Sanders   
Mexico, Sonora, Guaymas, detailed locality information protected
UCR
Helen Kennedy   12431971-11-15
Panama, Bocas del Toro, Hills behind Almirante, first ridge, 9.3 -82.40028, 12m
UCR
Reinhardtia gracilis (H.Wendl.) Burret
Helen Kennedy   3901969-09-25
Panama, Darien, South of El Real, headwaters of Río Pirre at a fork known as “Dos Bocas”, 8.0575 -77.69694, 100m
UCR
Bactris Jacq.
A.C. Sanders   175761995-08-16
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Curú, hills south of ranch headquarters; Toledo Trail to Finca de Los Monos Trail, to Los Avisperos Trail to Killer Trail, 9.78333 -84.91667
UCR
Bactris Jacq.
A.C. Sanders   194061996-07-30
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Curú; Nicoya Peninsula, 9.78333 -84.93333, 15m
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Bactris Jacq.
A.C. Sanders   192951996-07-06
Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Curú (9°46-48’N, 84°54-58’W); Nicoya Peninsula, 9.78333 -84.93333, 100m
UCR
Thomas B. Croat   660091987-02-28
Mexico, Hidalgo, Along Hwy 105 between Pachuca and Tampico, 18-23 mi south of Huejutla, 20.98333 -98.51667, 900m
UCR
Alvaro Campos V.   43011992-01-26
Mexico, Oaxaca, Santiago Lachiguiri, Dto. Tehuantepec; Cerro de Buenavista, al SW de Crucero buenavista entrando a 2 km por las cuevas, 16.75 -95.5
UCR
E.W. Lathrop   52041962-09-17
Mexico, Chiapas, Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacan, [Colegio Linda Vista/Hospital Yerba Buena] 3 km north of Pueblo Nuevo Solistahuacán, 17.17917 -92.90222, 1738m
UCR
C.L. Lundell   165401960-02-23
Guatemala, Peten, Tikal National Park: Tikal, along Maler Causeway
UCR
A.C. Sanders   384252010-05-23
United States, California, Riverside, Riverside, yard at 5081 Magnolia Ave, at corner of Chapman Place, 33.96917 -117.38694
UCR
F.B. Essig   s.n.1969-04-03
United States, California, Riverside, Riverside, La Sierra area. Residential garden at 11540 Gedney Way, 33.92083 -117.49639, 213m
UCR
C.L. Lundell   156321959-02-18
Guatemala, Peten, Tikal, site of an old settlement abandoned in the 1880’s
UCR
Greg de Nevers   110091997-05-27
United States, California, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Peterson Lane, 38.46056 -122.76444, 38m
UCR
Greg de Nevers   110821997-08-19
United States, California, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Peterson Lane, 38.46056 -122.76444, 38m
UCR
Syagrus romanzoffiana (Cham.) Glassman
UCR0013028Jon P. Rebman   61292000-01-14
United States, California, San Diego, San Diego Urban Canyons, North Park, Switzer Canyon, mostly west of 30th Street, 32.73361 -117.13056, 100m
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