HB
Hessler Brown
American botanist · 1873–1954
1,819 specimens, collected between 1910 and 1991 on 339 collecting days, now held in 4 departments. Identified 384 specimens for others.
On the labels as Brown, F.B.H., H. Brown, Brown, F., Brown, Hessler, Brown, F. B. H., Brown, F.B., Forest Brown, Brown, F.H.B. and 2 more.
- Specimens
- 1,819
- Type specimens
- 205
- Years in the field
- 82
- Islands
- 43
- Species
- 690
- Identifications
- 384
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 42
Where Brown collected
Specimens by decade
1910s1990s
Earliest: Scaevola gaudichaudii, 1910 (Lānaʻi). Latest: Gymnosporia crenata, 1991.
Named for Brown
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Brown. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Nephrolepis brownii Nephrolepidaceae196
- Eragrostis brownii Poaceae75
- Cornufer browni Ceratobatrachidae61
- Cenchrus brownii Poaceae35
- Rumex brownii Polygonaceae14
- Harrisonia brownii Rutaceae11
- Amaranthus brownii Amaranthaceae6
- Eriocaulon brownianum Eriocaulaceae6
- Scleria brownii Cyperaceae6
- Thylogale browni Macropodidae6
- Acacia brownii Fabaceae5
- Caulerpa brownii Caulerpaceae5
- Ceodes brownii Nyctaginaceae4
- Myrsine brownii Primulaceae4
- Calocephalus brownii Asteraceae3
- Setaria brownii Poaceae3
- Spermacoce brownii Rubiaceae3
- Aglaia brownii Meliaceae2
- Chrysymenia brownii Rhodymeniaceae2
- Dictymia brownii Polypodiaceae2
- Digitaria brownii Poaceae2
- Dryinus browni Dryinidae2
- Drypetes brownii Putranjivaceae2
- Eucalyptus brownii Myrtaceae2
- Ronjpelana browni Cicadellidae2
- Schlotheimia brownii Orthotrichaceae2
- Zebina browniana Zebinidae2
- Alcadia brownii palliata Helicinidae1
- Bossiaea brownii Fabaceae1
- Calyptrochaeta brownii Daltoniaceae1
- Calytrix brownii Myrtaceae1
- Cerithium browni Cerithiidae1
- Colobopyga browni Halimococcidae1
- Dicranomyia browni Limoniidae1
- Ochrosia brownii Apocynaceae1
- Parsonsia brownii Apocynaceae1
- Plantago brownii Plantaginaceae1
- Psoraleococcus browni Lecanodiaspididae1
- Rissoina browniana Rissoinidae1
- Scolopia brownii Salicaceae1
- Typhonium brownii Araceae1
- Verticordia brownii Myrtaceae1
From the field
As a determiner
384 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: