Hampton L. Carson
American geneticist · 1914–2004
216 specimens, collected between 1963 and 1990 on 40 collecting days, now held in 3 departments.
On the labels as H. L. Carson, Carson, H.L., H.L. Carson, Carson, H., Carson, Hampton L. Carson.
- Specimens
- 216
- Type specimens
- 74
- Years in the field
- 28
- Islands
- 6
- Species
- 131
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 1
- Named after
- 1
Where Carson collected
Specimens by decade
Earliest: Drosophila conformis, 1963 (Upper Olaa Forest). Latest: Adenophorus tamariscinus, 1990.
In the Library
Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.
1995
Drosophila species as monitors of change in Hawaiian ecosystems, pFoote, D. & Carson, H.L. · 368-71. In: Our living resources.. U.S. Department of Interior. National Biological Service, Washington, D.C.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
Named for Carson
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Carson. 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
