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Portrait of John Francis Gray Stokes

Collectors

John Francis Gray Stokes

Australian ethnologist · 1875–1960

1,067 specimens, collected between 1900 and 1961 on 118 collecting days, now held in 6 departments. Identified 1 specimens for others.

On the labels as Stokes, J.F.G., J.F.G. Stokes, J F G Stokes, Stokes, J., John Francis Gray Stokes, Stokes, J. G., J. G. Stokes, J F Stokes and 9 more.

Specimens
1,067
Type specimens
81
Years in the field
62
Islands
16
Species
403
Identifications
1
In the Library
0
Named after
16

Where Stokes collected

Specimens by decade

1900s1960s

Earliest: Gymnothorax eurostus, 1900 (Oʻahu). Latest: Fagraea berteroana, 1961.

Named for Stokes

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

LeptachatinaLamellidea gracilisSelaginella raiateensisEurya nitidaMorinda citrifoliaAchatinella byroniiLyropupa ovatulaCyperus laevigatusScaevola taccadaJacquemontia sandwicensisThaumatodonHibiscus australensis

As a determiner

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