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M.E. Kerr
British philanthropist and botanical collector · 1807–1877
477 specimens, collected between 1937 and 1994 on 136 collecting days. Identified 1 specimens for others.
On the labels as Kerr, M., Kerr, M.E..
- Specimens
- 477
- Type specimens
- 3
- Years in the field
- 58
- Islands
- 4
- Species
- 256
- Identifications
- 1
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 9
Where Kerr collected
Specimens by decade
1930s1990s
Earliest: Hecastocleis shockleyi, 1937 (Cerro Gordo Road 5 miles E of Keeler. Inyo Co.). Latest: Clermontia persicifolia, 1994.
Named for Kerr
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Kerr. 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
As a determiner
1 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: