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W.R. Sykes
British born New Zealand botanist · 1927–2018
1,919 specimens, collected between 1865 and 2011 on 412 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 1,199 specimens for others.
On the labels as Sykes, W.R., Sykes, Sykes, W., Sykes, W. R., Sykes, W.D., W.R. Sykes.
- Specimens
- 1,919
- Type specimens
- 7
- Years in the field
- 147
- Islands
- 35
- Species
- 945
- Identifications
- 1,199
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 11
Where Sykes collected
Specimens by decade
1860s2010s
Earliest: Gynochthodes myrtifolia, 1865 (Niue Island). Latest: Lotus hirsutus, 2011.
Named for Sykes
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Sykes. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Tornatellaria sykesi Achatinellidae18
- Tornatellaria sykesii Achatinellidae12
- Amastra sykesi Amastridae6
- Geniostoma sykesii Loganiaceae2
- Tornatellaria sykesi illibata Achatinellidae2
- Chromodoris sykesi Chromodorididae1
- Erythrina sykesii Fabaceae1
- Palaina sykesi Diplommatinidae1
- Tornatellaria sykesii illibata Achatinellidae1
- Vexillum sykesi Costellariidae1
- Xyletobius sykesii Anobiidae1
From the field
As a determiner
1,199 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: