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Wilhelm Hillebrand
German physician and botanist · 1821–1886
1,310 specimens, collected between 1814 and 1954 on 73 collecting days.
On the labels as Hillebrand, W.B., Hillebrand, W., Hillebrand, Wilhelm Hillebrand.
- Specimens
- 1,310
- Type specimens
- 200
- Years in the field
- 141
- Islands
- 6
- Species
- 536
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 16
Where Hillebrand collected
Specimens by decade
1810s1950s
Earliest: Cyrtandra biserrata, 1814 (Molokaʻi). Latest: Deparia fenzliana, 1954.
Named for Hillebrand
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Hillebrand. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Lysimachia hillebrandii Primulaceae129
- Cyperus hillebrandii Cyperaceae127
- Diospyros hillebrandii Ebenaceae126
- Dichanthelium hillebrandianum Poaceae72
- Pteris hillebrandii Pteridaceae59
- Polystichum hillebrandii Dryopteridaceae56
- Gouania hillebrandii Rhamnaceae50
- Bidens hillebrandiana Asteraceae48
- Pritchardia hillebrandii Arecaceae43
- Leptotrichella hillebrandii Dicranellaceae37
- Geranium hillebrandii Geraniaceae34
- Sicyos hillebrandii Cucurbitaceae20
- Calamagrostis hillebrandii Poaceae17
- Lobelia hillebrandii Campanulaceae14
- Phyllostegia hillebrandii Lamiaceae3
- Asplenium hillebrandii Aspleniaceae1
From the field
