L.A. Thurston L.A. ThurstonL.A. Thurston
Hawaiian politician · 1858–1931
6,027 specimens, collected between 1828 and 1946 on 448 collecting days, now held in 4 departments.
On the labels as Lorrin Andrews Thurston, Thurston, Lorrin A., L.A. Thurston, Lorrin A. Thurston, Thurston, Thurston, L.A., Lorrin Andrew Thurston, Lorrin Andrews Thurston. and 9 more.
- Specimens
- 6,027
- Type specimens
- 17
- Years in the field
- 119
- Islands
- 32
- Species
- 1,227
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 12
Where Thurston collected
Specimens by decade
1820s1940s
Earliest: Drupa ricinus, 1828 (Johnston Atoll). Latest: Amastra subsoror, 1946.
Named for Thurston
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Thurston. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Pritchardia thurstonii Arecaceae23
- Tabernaemontana thurstonii Apocynaceae18
- Amastra thurstoni Amastridae16
- Samoana thurstoni Partulidae10
- Achatinella sowerbyana thurstoni Achatinellidae7
- Physokentia thurstonii Arecaceae6
- Amastra thurstoni bembicodes Amastridae2
- Burckella thurstonii Sapotaceae2
- Euconulus thurstoni Euconulidae2
- Benstonea thurstonii Pandanaceae1
- Leptachatina thurstoni ness Amastridae1
- Solecardia thurstoni Galeommatidae1
From the field
