R.L. Wilbur
American botanist · 1925–2022
683 specimens, collected between 1943 and 1987 on 74 collecting days. Identified 3 specimens for others.
- Specimens
- 683
- Type specimens
- 18
- Years in the field
- 45
- Islands
- 5
- Species
- 361
- Identifications
- 3
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Wilbur collected
Specimens by decade
1940s1980s
Earliest: Myrsine vaccinioides, 1943 (Maui). Latest: Portulaca pilosa, 1987.
Named for Wilbur
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Wilbur. 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
3 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: