GB
George Butler
American lawyer, teacher and botanist · 1850–1910
790 specimens, collected between 1910 and 1991 on 59 collecting days, now held in 5 departments. Identified 3 specimens for others.
On the labels as G. D. Butler, G. Butler, Butler, G., Butler, George, Butler, G. D., Butler, G.D., Butler, GD Butler and 2 more.
- Specimens
- 790
- Type specimens
- 0
- Years in the field
- 82
- Islands
- 4
- Species
- 125
- Identifications
- 3
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 6
Where Butler collected
Specimens by decade
1910s1990s
Earliest: Leymus condensatus, 1910 (Siskiyou; Yreka). Latest: Gompholobium uncinatum, 1991.
Named for Butler
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Butler. 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
As a determiner
3 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: