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R.F. Thorne

American botanist · 1920–2015

159 specimens, collected between 1959 and 1986 on 90 collecting days. Identified 22 specimens for others.

On the labels as Thorne, R.F., Thorne, R., Thorne, R.W., Thorne, R.

Specimens
159
Type specimens
1
Years in the field
28
Islands
12
Species
146
Identifications
22
In the Library
0
Named after
2

Where Thorne collected

Specimens by decade

1950s1980s

Earliest: Denhamia bilocularis, 1959 (Cooyar Logging Area.Southeastern Queensland. Moreton District.). Latest: Cryptantha intermedia, 1986.

Named for Thorne

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

Galbulimima belgraveanaPlatanthera dilatataEwartia meredithaeCasuarina equisetifoliaActephila grandifoliaCastanopsis acuminatissimaPilularia americanaSymplocos leptophyllaFicusPolygonumElatostemaSelaginella bigelovii

As a determiner

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