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Donald AndersonDonald Anderson
Entomologist · 1930–2005
16,406 specimens, collected between 1929 and 2024 on 478 collecting days, now held in 4 departments.
On the labels as Donald Anderson, Anderson, Donald, D. Anderson, Anderson, D., D Anderson, Don Anderson, Anderson, D.A., David Anderson and 1 more.
- Specimens
- 16,406
- Type specimens
- 160
- Years in the field
- 96
- Islands
- 75
- Species
- 1,012
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 19
Where Anderson collected
Specimens by decade
1920s2020s
Earliest: Hyptis capitata, 1929 (Guam). Latest: Ostrea stentina, 2024.
Named for Anderson
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Anderson. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Trema andersonii Cannabaceae61
- Nienburgia andersoniana Delesseriaceae28
- Gracilariopsis andersonii Gracilariaceae25
- Cumagloia andersonii Liagoraceae12
- Haplogloia andersonii Chordariaceae11
- Microcystis andersoni Euconulidae10
- Tripsacum andersonii Poaceae10
- Apopitys andersoni Achatinellidae7
- Micrognathus andersonii Syngnathidae7
- Myrsine andersonii Primulaceae4
- Veronica andersonii Plantaginaceae4
- Parathelandros andersoni Oxyuridae3
- Epinephelus andersoni Serranidae2
- Rapanella andersoni Assimineidae2
- Aseraggodes andersoni Soleidae1
- Limnaea andersoniana Lymnaeidae1
- Linophryne andersoni Linophrynidae1
- Papuopsis andersoni Histeridae1
- Psychotria andersonii Rubiaceae1
From the field
