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Gordon McPherson

British botanist · 1806–1879

148 specimens, collected between 1933 and 2006 on 110 collecting days. Identified 205 specimens for others.

On the labels as McPherson, G., McPherson, G.D., Gordon McPherson, McPherson, G. M. McPherson.

Specimens
148
Type specimens
15
Years in the field
74
Islands
5
Species
114
Identifications
205
In the Library
0
Named after
1

Where McPherson collected

Specimens by decade

1930s2000s

Earliest: Convolvulus erubescens, 1933 (Australia). Latest: Didymocheton gaudichaudianus, 2006.

Named for McPherson

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

Gossia mandjeliaensisEugenia guajavoidesZygogynum pancheriGossia clusioidesMeryta coriaceaZygogynum crassifoliumKanakomyrtus prominensLitsea deplancheiConvolvulus erubescensKanakomyrtus mcphersoniiPittosporum cherrieriGossia vieillardii

As a determiner

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