Timothy Flynn
collected 1939–2026
5,507 specimens, collected between 1939 and 2026 on 1,208 collecting days. Identified 572 specimens for others.
On the labels as Flynn, T.W., Flynn, T., Flynn, T. Flynn, Timothy Flynn, Flynn, W..
- Specimens
- 5,507
- Type specimens
- 15
- Years in the field
- 88
- Islands
- 41
- Species
- 2,593
- Identifications
- 572
- In the Library
- 3
- Named after
- 5
Where Flynn collected
Journeys
9 collecting journeys read off the dates and places on the labels — the stops in order, the specimens from each, and who else was there. All journeys →
Hawaiʻi Island and Maui · 24–28 Jul 1983
Timothy Flynn in Hawaiʻi Island and Maui, 24–28 July 198344 specimens · 4 stops · 5 days
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Feb – Mar 1984
Timothy Flynn in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, February – March 198479 specimens · 6 stops · 30 days · 230 km
Maui · Sep – Nov 1987
Timothy Flynn in Maui, September – November 1987250 specimens · 18 stops · 65 days · 80 km
3 islands · Oct – Nov 1989
Timothy Flynn in Upolu, Savaii and Maui, October – November 198943 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 4,300 km
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 1–20 Dec 1996
Timothy Flynn in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 1–20 December 199665 specimens · 7 stops · 20 days · 39,978 km
6 islands of the Cook Islands · 12–29 Mar 2002
Timothy Flynn across 6 islands of the Cook Islands, 12–29 March 2002110 specimens · 11 stops · 18 days · 2,765 km
Savaii and Upolu · Jun – Jul 2016
Timothy Flynn in Savaii and Upolu, June – July 2016135 specimens · 17 stops · 31 days · 160 km
Maui and Molokaʻi · 14–19 Jan 2020
Timothy Flynn in Maui and Molokaʻi, 14–19 January 202053 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 102 km
8 islands · Jun – Jul 2022
Timothy Flynn across 8 islands, June – July 2022102 specimens · 12 stops · 18 days
Specimens by decade
Earliest: Banksia integrifolia, 1939 (Kauaʻi). Latest: Graphidaceae, 2026.
In the Library
Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.
2023
Assembling genetic structure of Gardenia remyi, a critically endangered tree endemic to the Hawaiian IslandsHansen, K.E., M. Opgenorth, T. Flynn, B. Kennedy, N. Rønsted, J.K. Olofsson, and J.B. Christopher · Conservation Science and Practice
Museum research publication
2020
Recommendations for reporting records of nonnative plant species in the Hawaiian IslandsBrock, K.C., Daehler, C.C., Imada, C.T., Kennedy, B.H. & Flynn, T.W. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2019. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 129: 109-124.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1995
Contributions to the Flora of Hawai‘i. III. Additions, range extensions, and rediscoveries of flowering plantsLorence, D.H., T.W. Flynn & W.L. Wagner · Bishop Museum Occasional Paper 41: 19-58.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
Named for Flynn
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Flynn. 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
572 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: