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Ruth D. Svihla

Czech entomologist · 1952–2015

1,185 specimens, collected between 1835 and 1958 on 65 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 368 specimens for others.

On the labels as Svihla, R.D., Ruth D. Svihla, Svihla.

Specimens
1,185
Type specimens
3
Years in the field
124
Islands
7
Species
222
Identifications
368
In the Library
0
Named after
0

Where Svihla collected

Specimens by decade

1830s1950s

Earliest: Bazzania brighamii, 1835 (Oʻahu). Latest: Breutelia pendula, 1958.

From the field

Amphidium tortuosumEntosthodon subintegerChionoloma angustatumLeucobryumPlagiochila remyanaAnoectangium aestivumPseudotrachypus wallichiiGrimmia lisaeRacomitrium pruinosumCampylopus exasperatusPyrrhobryum spiniformeHomaliodendron flabellatum

As a determiner

368 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: