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Jacques Florence

British zoologist · 1867–1931

6,206 specimens, collected between 1873 and 2011 on 817 collecting days. Identified 7,077 specimens for others.

On the labels as Florence, J., Florence, Jacques Florence, Florence, j., J. Florence.

Specimens
6,206
Type specimens
34
Years in the field
139
Islands
32
Species
1,345
Identifications
7,077
In the Library
0
Named after
3

Where Florence collected

Specimens by decade

1870s2010s

Earliest: Oplismenus, 1873 (Raivavae). Latest: Crotalaria verrucosa, 2011.

Named for Florence

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

Pterophylla tremuloidesCoprosma reticulataMacaranga venosaOparanthus teikiteetiniiAchyranthes asperaAchyranthes asperaPterophylla parvifloraScaevola taccadaCastilleja arvensisBixa orellanaPandanus tectoriusVigna marina

As a determiner

7,077 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: