C.L. Shear
American botanist and mycologist · 1865–1956
42 specimens, collected between 1903 and 1941 on 13 collecting days. Identified 10 specimens for others.
On the labels as Shear, C.L., Shear, C., Shear, C.N., Shear, C.R., Shear, Shear, C.W., Shear, L..
- Specimens
- 42
- Type specimens
- 0
- Years in the field
- 39
- Islands
- 1
- Species
- 32
- Identifications
- 10
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Specimens by decade
1900s1940s
Earliest: Dimerosporium, 1903 (Takoma Park). Latest: Glyphium tillandsiae, 1941.
Named for Shear
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Shear. 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
10 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: