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Portrait of D. Ross Robertson

Collectors

D. Ross Robertson

Canadian politician · 1841–1918

176 specimens, collected between 1970 and 1999 on 10 collecting days. Identified 2 specimens for others.

On the labels as D. Ross Robertson, D.R. Robertson.

Specimens
176
Type specimens
10
Years in the field
30
Islands
9
Species
168
Identifications
2
In the Library
0
Named after
5

Where Robertson collected

Specimens by decade

1970s1990s

Earliest: Chromis vanderbilti, 1970 (Kenn Reef). Latest: Myripristis berndti, 1999.

Named for Robertson

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Robertson. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

As a determiner

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