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Walter J. Eyerdam
Botanist · 1892–1974
42 specimens, collected between 1924 and 1961 on 17 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 3 specimens for others.
On the labels as Walter J. Eyerdam, Eyerdam, W.J., Eyerdam, Walter J., W. J. Eyerdam, W.J. Eyerdam, W. Eyerdam, Walter Eyerdam, Walter G. Eyerdam.
- Specimens
- 42
- Type specimens
- 5
- Years in the field
- 38
- Islands
- 11
- Species
- 40
- Identifications
- 3
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Eyerdam collected
Specimens by decade
1920s1960s
Earliest: Cingula eyerdami, 1924 (Alaska; Pr. Sound; Evans Island). Latest: Metaneckera menziesii, 1961.
Named for Eyerdam
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Eyerdam. 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
3 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: