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H.O. Whittier
Botanist · 1937–2008
652 specimens, collected between 1906 and 1974 on 94 collecting days. Identified 157 specimens for others.
On the labels as Whittier, H.O., Whittier, H., Whittier, Whittier, H.O, Whittier, h.o., Whittier, H.W., WHITTIER.
- Specimens
- 652
- Type specimens
- 2
- Years in the field
- 69
- Islands
- 30
- Species
- 228
- Identifications
- 157
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Whittier collected
Specimens by decade
1900s1970s
Earliest: Mastigophora diclados, 1906 (Kusaie). Latest: Sphagnum macrophyllum, 1974.
Named for Whittier
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Whittier. 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
As a determiner
157 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: