David H. Lorence
collected 1906–2025
3,857 specimens, collected between 1906 and 2025 on 1,142 collecting days. Identified 3,470 specimens for others.
On the labels as Lorence, D.H., Lorence, D., D.H. Lorence, Lorence, David H. Lorence, D. Lorence, Lorence, DH, Lorence, D and 4 more.
- Specimens
- 3,857
- Type specimens
- 12
- Years in the field
- 120
- Islands
- 59
- Species
- 2,133
- Identifications
- 3,470
- In the Library
- 5
- Named after
- 1
Where Lorence collected
Journeys
9 collecting journeys read off the dates and places on the labels — the stops in order, the specimens from each, and who else was there. All journeys →
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Jul – Aug 1987
David H. Lorence in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 1987158 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 220 km
Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island · Oct – Nov 1987
David H. Lorence in Molokaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island, October – November 198751 specimens · 3 stops · 16 days · 217 km
6 islands · Jun – Aug 1988
David H. Lorence across 6 islands, June – August 1988538 specimens · 18 stops · 37 days · 9,578 km
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 1–20 Dec 1996
David H. Lorence in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 1–20 December 199666 specimens · 7 stops · 20 days · 39,978 km
Ua Pou and Ua Huka · 11–22 Jun 2004
David H. Lorence in Ua Pou and Ua Huka, 11–22 June 200461 specimens · 4 stops · 12 days · 794 km
9 islands · 15–26 Jan 2008
David H. Lorence across 9 islands, 15–26 January 200874 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days · 213 km
17 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
David H. Lorence across 17 islands, March – April 200872 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 682 km
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 8–25 Mar 2009
David H. Lorence in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 8–25 March 200993 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 3,025 km
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
David H. Lorence across 8 islands, June – July 202286 specimens · 9 stops · 17 days
Specimens by decade
Earliest: Ilex anomala, 1906 (Nuku Hiva). Latest: Musa ornata, 2025.
In the Library
Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.
2024
A synopsis of Spermacoce (Rubiaceae) and related genera naturalized in the Hawaiian Islands, with a keyLorence, D.L., and K. Faccenda · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers
Museum research publication
2011
Taxonomic changes in Hawaiian ferns and leucophytesSnow, N., Ranker, T. & Lorence, D.H. · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 110: 11-16.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2000
A reassessment of Cyrtandra kealiae and C. limahuliensis (Gesneriaceae)Wagner, W.L. & D.H. Lorence · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 63: 17-20.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1995
Contributions to the Flora of Hawai‘i. III. Additions, range extensions, and rediscoveries of flowering plantsLorence, D.H., T.W. Flynn & W.L. Wagner · Bishop Museum Occasional Paper 41: 19-58.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
On the status of Randia armata (Sw.) DC. (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae)Taylor, C.M. & Lorence, D.H. · Taxon 42(4): 865-67.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
Named for Lorence
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Lorence. 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
3,470 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: