Grace Burgess Grace Burgess

collected 1877–2009

6,417 specimens, collected between 1877 and 2009 on 626 collecting days.

On the labels as Grace Burgess, Burgess, Grace, Burgess, Grace Burgess Grace Burgess.

Specimens: 6,417
Type specimens: 3
Years in the field: 133
Islands: 69
Species: 988
Identifications: 0
In the Library: 0
Named after: 5

Where Burgess collected

Journeys

3 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 →

Hawaiʻi Island · 1–19 Jun 1945
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–19 June 1945
71 specimens · 2 stops · 19 days · 285 km
Hawaiʻi Island · 1–11 Jun 1947
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess in Hawaiʻi Island, 1–11 June 1947
40 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 5,621 km
Johnston Atoll · Jan – Mar 1964
Grace Burgess Grace Burgess in Johnston Atoll, January – March 1964
45 specimens · 17 stops · 68 days · 5,031 km

Specimens by decade

1870s2000s

Earliest: Cypraea isabella mexicana, 1877 (Mexico; Gulf of California; Tres Morias). Latest: Crucibulum spinosum, 2009.

Named for Burgess

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