Derral R. Herbst

Botanist · 1934–2023

8,734 specimens, collected between 1938 and 2002 on 1,052 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 54,912 specimens for others.

On the labels as Herbst, D.R., Derral Herbst, Derral R. Herbst, D Herbst, Herbst, Herbst, Derral, Herbst, D..

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Specimens: 8,734
Type specimens: 35
Years in the field: 65
Islands: 70
Species: 2,668
Identifications: 54,912
In the Library: 17
Named after: 4

Where Herbst collected

Specimens by decade

1930s2000s

Earliest: Heliotropium anomalum, 1938 (Oʻahu). Latest: Ficus platypoda, 2002.

In the Library

Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.

2006
New Hawaiian plant records for 2004
Staples, G.W. Herbst, D.R. & Imada, C.T. · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 88: 6-12.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2004
New Hawaiian plant records for 2002-2003
Herbst, D.R., G.W. Staples & C.T. Imada · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 78: 3-12.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2004
A tropical garden flora. Cultivated plants in the Hawaiian Islands and other tropical areas
Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. · Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2000
New Hawaiian plant records for 1999
Imada, C.T., G.W. Staples & D.R. Herbst · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 63: 9-16.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2000
Survey of invasive or potentially invasive cultivated plants in Hawai‘i
Staples, G.W., D. Herbst & C.T. Imada · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 65: 35 p.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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2000
New Hawaiian plant records for 2000
Staples G.W., C.T. Imada & D.R. Herbst · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 68: 3-18.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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1999
Contributions to the flora of Hawai‘i. VII. Bishop Mus
Herbst, D.R. & W.L. Wagner · Occas. Pap. 58: 12-36.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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1999
Hawaiian vascular plants at risk: 1999
Wagner, W.L., D.R. Herbst, M.M. Bruegmann & J.Q. Lau · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 60: 1-64.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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1998
Notes on the grasses of Hawaii: new records, corrections, and name changes
Herbst, D.R. & W.R. Clayton · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 55: 17-38.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
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1996
Nomenclatural changes affecting cultivated plants, I. Baileya 24: 169-83
Staples, G. W. & D. R. Herbst
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1994
Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; determination of endangered or threatened status for 24 plants from the island of Kauai, Hawaii
Herbst, D.R., Mehrhoff, L.A., Bruegmann, M.M., Canfield, J.E., Ellshoff, Z. & Yoshioka, J. · Federal Register 59(38): 9304-9329.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1994
The plants of Kaho‘olawe
Herbst, D.R., Warren, S.D. & Aschmann, S.G. · USACERL Special Report.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; determination of endangered status for Wilksia hobdyi (dwarf iliau), a Hawaiian plant
Herbst, D.R. · Federal Register 57(120): 27859-27863.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; determination of endangered status for Marsilea villosa ( TihiTihi)
Herbst, D.R. · Federal Register 57(120): 27863-27867.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; determination of endangered status for 16 plants on the island of Molokai, HI. Federal Register 57(196): 46325-46340
Herbst, D.R. et al
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
Alien plants on the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, p
Herbst, D.R. & Wagner, W.L. · 189-224. In: Alien plant invasions in native ecosystems of Hawaii: management and research. University of Hawaii, Honolulu.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1992
Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; proposed endangered status for three plants from the Waianae Mountains, Island of Oahu, HI. Federal Register 57(240): 59066-59071
Herbst, D.R.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey

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Named for Herbst

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Herbst. 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

54,912 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: