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Portrait of Donald Mitchell

Collectors

Donald Mitchell

American essayist and novelist · 1822–1908

474 specimens, collected between 1920 and 1965 on 77 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 3 specimens for others.

On the labels as Mitchell, D.D., D Mitchell, D D Mitchell, Mitchell, D., Don Mitchell, David Mitchell, Donald Mitchell, Mitchell, D. D. and 2 more.

Specimens
474
Type specimens
29
Years in the field
46
Islands
17
Species
260
Identifications
3
In the Library
0
Named after
0

Where Mitchell collected

Specimens by decade

1920s1960s

Earliest: Peperomia kokeana, 1920 (Kauaʻi). Latest: Fagraea ceilanica, 1965.

From the field

Castanospermum australeTouchardia oahuensisIpomoea indicaPsychotria hawaiiensisSida fallaxDubautia raillardioidesSadleria cyatheoidesSelaginella arbusculaPittosporum terminalioidesPlanchonella sandwicensisElaphoglossum paleaceumNototrichium sandwicense

As a determiner

3 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: