Alastair M. Adamson
Botanist and entomologist · 1901–1945
2,783 specimens, collected between 1920 and 1934 on 184 collecting days, now held in 6 departments.
On the labels as Adamson, A.M. Adamson, Adamson, A.M., A. M. Adamson, Adamson, A. M., A M Adamson, Adamson, M., Alastair M. Adamson.
- Specimens
- 2,783
- Type specimens
- 340
- Years in the field
- 15
- Islands
- 20
- Species
- 714
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 26
Where Adamson collected
Journeys
4 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 →
Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi · May – Jul 1928
Alastair M. Adamson in Molokaʻi and Kauaʻi, May – July 1928468 specimens · 12 stops · 50 days · 321 km
Tahiti · Aug – Sep 1928
Alastair M. Adamson in Tahiti, August – September 192891 specimens · 6 stops · 28 days · 82 km
Tahiti and Moorea · Oct – Dec 1928
Alastair M. Adamson in Tahiti and Moorea, October – December 1928203 specimens · 15 stops · 49 days · 153 km
9 islands of French Polynesia · Aug – Dec 1929
Alastair M. Adamson across 9 islands of French Polynesia, August – December 1929765 specimens · 27 stops · 140 days · 759 km
Specimens by decade
Earliest: Asclepias curassavica, 1920 (Tahiti). Latest: Succinea, 1934.
Named for Adamson
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Adamson. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Myrsine adamsonii Primulaceae66
- Maxvachonia adamsoni Cosmocercidae7
- Pseudocypraea adamsonii Ovulidae6
- Coryogalops adamsoni Gobiidae4
- Hiona adamsoni Euconulidae4
- Conus adamsonii Conidae2
- Lamellidea adamsoni Achatinellidae2
- Psychotria adamsonii Rubiaceae2
- Aethessa adamsoni Anthribidae1
- Anagyrus adamsoni Encyrtidae1
- Cis adamsoni Ciidae1
- Cypraea adamsoni Cypraeidae1
- Cypraeovula adamsoni Cypraeidae1
- Gibbula adamsoni Trochidae1
- Gonomyia adamsoni Limoniidae1
- Helix adamsoni Helicidae1
- Marginella adamsoni Marginellidae1
- Mendana adamsoni Euconulidae1
- Nesiotizetes adamsoni Mochlozetidae1
- Nesocryptias adamsoni Lygaeidae1
- Prochaetopsis adamsoni Lauxaniidae1
- Proterhinus adamsoni Belidae1
- Rhyncogonus adamsoni Curculionidae1
- Simulium adamsoni Simuliidae1
- Tricimba adamsoni Chloropidae1
- Xyleborus adamsoni Curculionidae1
From the field
