M.J.S. Sands

collected 1951–1998

610 specimens, collected between 1951 and 1998 on 165 collecting days. Identified 20 specimens for others.

On the labels as Sands, M.J.S., Sands, M., Sands, M.J., Sands, M.J.S. Sands, Sands, M.M..

Specimens: 610
Type specimens: 2
Years in the field: 48
Islands: 13
Species: 434
Identifications: 20
In the Library: 0
Named after: 1

Where Sands collected

Journeys

One collecting journey read off the dates and places on the labels — the stops in order, the specimens from each, and who else was there. All journeys →

6 islands of Papua New Guinea · Sep – Dec 1975
M.J.S. Sands across 6 islands of Papua New Guinea, September – December 1975
102 specimens · 11 stops · 71 days · 3,193 km

Specimens by decade

1950s1990s

Earliest: Cenchrus clandestinus, 1951 (Luzon; Baguno). Latest: Papuacalia sandsii, 1998.

Named for Sands

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Sands. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.