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Marie Catherine Neal

American naturalist · 1889–1965

5,519 specimens, collected between 1920 and 2001 on 1,217 collecting days, now held in 6 departments. Identified 1,051 specimens for others.

On the labels as Neal, M.C., M.C. Neal, M. Neal, Neal, Neal, M., NEAL, M C Neal, Maria C. Neal and 3 more.

Specimens
5,519
Type specimens
17
Years in the field
82
Islands
33
Species
2,149
Identifications
1,051
In the Library
0
Named after
7

Where Neal collected

Specimens by decade

1920s2000s

Earliest: Morinda citrifolia, 1920 (Hawaiʻi Island). Latest: Coreopsis lanceolata, 2001.

Named for Neal

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

LyropupaPoa colensoiAsparagopsis taxiformisFicus prolixaAuriculella tenellaDubautia ciliolataUlvaAdiantum capillus-venerisRacomitrium pruinosumSuccinea caducaBryophytaZinnia elegans

As a determiner

1,051 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: