Judson Linsley Gressitt

collected 1906–1982

4,397 specimens, collected between 1906 and 1982 on 558 collecting days, now held in 5 departments. Identified 423 specimens for others.

On the labels as Gressitt, J.L., J L Gressitt, J. L. Gressitt, Judson Linsley Gressitt, Gressitt, J. L., J. Linsley Gressitt, Gressitt, J. Linsey Gressitt and 12 more.

See the specimens

Specimens: 4,397
Type specimens: 2,203
Years in the field: 77
Islands: 60
Species: 2,189
Identifications: 423
In the Library: 0
Named after: 109

Where Gressitt collected

Journeys

8 collecting journeys read off the dates and places on the labels — the stops in order, the specimens from each, and who else was there. All journeys →

Specimens by decade

1900s1980s

Earliest: Morocera nigrifrons, 1906 (Mt. Missim). Latest: Pinanga, 1982.

Named for Gressitt

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