RM
R. Melville
British botanist and botanical collector · 1903–1993
997 specimens, collected between 1920 and 1981 on 136 collecting days. Identified 554 specimens for others.
- Specimens
- 997
- Type specimens
- 2
- Years in the field
- 62
- Islands
- 9
- Species
- 542
- Identifications
- 554
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 2
Journeys
2 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 →
3 islands of New Zealand · Oct 1961 – Jan 1962
R. Melville in North Island, New Zealand and South Island, October 1961 – January 1962137 specimens · 21 stops · 100 days · 40,252 km
6 islands of New Zealand · Feb – Mar 1962
R. Melville across 6 islands of New Zealand, February – March 1962124 specimens · 9 stops · 37 days
Specimens by decade
1920s1980s
Earliest: Korthalsella lindsayi, 1920 (New Zealand). Latest: Notothlaspi, 1981.
Named for Melville
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Melville. 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
554 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: