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M.L. Bristol

Entomologist · 1890–1975

560 specimens, collected between 1928 and 1986 on 113 collecting days. Identified 34 specimens for others.

On the labels as Bristol, M.L., Bristol.

Specimens
560
Type specimens
2
Years in the field
59
Islands
4
Species
321
Identifications
34
In the Library
0
Named after
1

Specimens by decade

1920s1980s

Earliest: Maesa tabacifolia, 1928 (Upolu). Latest: Justicia brandegeeana, 1986.

Named for Bristol

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Bristol. 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

Cyrtandra richiiPhyllanthus urinariaDelonix regiaPsilotum nudumSpiraeanthemum samoenseHernandia moerenhoutianaMucuna giganteaPsychotria bristoliiInocarpus fagiferCinnamomum verumCanavalia catharticaOcimum tenuiflorum

As a determiner

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