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Marshall R. Crosby
American entomologist · 1879–1937
590 specimens, collected between 1943 and 1984 on 102 collecting days. Identified 79 specimens for others.
On the labels as Crosby, M.R., Crosby, M., Crosby, R., Crosby, Mrs., Crosby. M.F., Marshall R. Crosby, Crosby, Mr., Crosby, Marshall.
- Specimens
- 590
- Type specimens
- 5
- Years in the field
- 42
- Islands
- 14
- Species
- 335
- Identifications
- 79
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 4
Where Crosby collected
Specimens by decade
1940s1980s
Earliest: Parmentiera aculeata, 1943 (Oʻahu). Latest: Clermontia grandiflora, 1984.
Named for Crosby
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Crosby. 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
79 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: