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Gerald R. Allen

collected 1963–2010

1,823 specimens, collected between 1963 and 2010 on 396 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 6 specimens for others.

On the labels as G.R. Allen, Gerald R. Allen.

Specimens
1,823
Type specimens
196
Years in the field
48
Islands
72
Species
1,067
Identifications
6
In the Library
0
Named after
13

Where Allen collected

Specimens by decade

1960s2010s

Earliest: Antennatus coccineus, 1963 (Oʻahu). Latest: Gorgasia klausewitzi, 2010.

Named for Allen

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

As a determiner

6 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: