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Betsy H. Gagne

American conservation biologist · 1947–2020

1,404 specimens, collected between 1907 and 2013 on 177 collecting days, now held in 5 departments. Identified 44 specimens for others.

On the labels as Gagné, B.H., B. H. Gagne, B H Gagne, Gagne, B., Gagne, B.H., Gagne, B. H., B.H. Gagne, B Gagne and 8 more.

Specimens
1,404
Type specimens
25
Years in the field
107
Islands
27
Species
702
Identifications
44
In the Library
0
Named after
11

Where Gagne collected

Specimens by decade

1900s2010s

Earliest: Alyxia stellata, 1907 (Fatu Hiva). Latest: Thymophylla tenuiloba, 2013.

Named for Gagne

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Gagne. 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

DavalliaCyperus haspanScaevola subcapitataPolystichum bonseyiLigustrum sinensePoaceaeCyperus cyperinusCyrtandra mucronataPolystachya concretaAbutilon hirtumGlochidion grantiiLotus subbiflorus

As a determiner

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