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Portrait of A.W.C.T. Herre

Collectors

A.W.C.T. Herre

American zoologist · 1868–1962

121 specimens, collected between 1922 and 1948 on 47 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 165 specimens for others.

On the labels as Herre, A.W., A.W.C.T. Herre, Herre, A.C., Herre, A.W.C.T..

Specimens
121
Type specimens
1
Years in the field
27
Islands
26
Species
107
Identifications
165
In the Library
0
Named after
2

Specimens by decade

1920s1940s

Earliest: Dracaena multiflora, 1922 (Summit of islets in lagoon). Latest: Dascyllus aruanus, 1948.

Named for Herre

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Herre. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

From the field

Pteris vittataPalhinhaea cernuaDiospyros foliosaFagraea berteroanaCentotheca lappaceaMicrosorum scolopendriaDendrolobium umbellatumTectaria crenataVolkameria inermisBuchanania palawensisAsplenium scolopendropsisMicrosorum punctatum

As a determiner

165 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: