RO
Robert P. Owen
collected 1950–1966
56 specimens, collected between 1950 and 1966 on 29 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 11 specimens for others.
On the labels as R.P. Owen, Owen, R.P., R. Owen, Owen, R., Owen, Robert P., Owen, R.D., Robert Owen.
- Specimens
- 56
- Type specimens
- 0
- Years in the field
- 17
- Islands
- 18
- Species
- 43
- Identifications
- 11
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 5
Where Owen collected
Specimens by decade
1950s1960s
Earliest: Freycinetia reineckei, 1950 (Guam). Latest: Sphyraena qenie, 1966.
Named for Owen
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Owen. 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
11 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: