Kenneth R. Wood

collected 1920–2026

7,490 specimens, collected between 1920 and 2026 on 1,573 collecting days, now held in 4 departments. Identified 107 specimens for others.

On the labels as Wood, K.R., Wood, K., Ken R. Wood, Wood, K.R, K.R. Wood, Kenneth R. Wood, K R Wood, K. Wood and 6 more.

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Specimens: 7,490
Type specimens: 36
Years in the field: 107
Islands: 46
Species: 1,867
Identifications: 107
In the Library: 3
Named after: 20

Where Wood collected

Specimens by decade

1920s2020s

Earliest: Psychotria hexandra, 1920 (Kauaʻi). Latest: Marchantiophyta, 2026.

In the Library

Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.

2015
Delissea rhytidosperma H. Mann (Campanulaceae) and Phyllostegia kahiliensis H. St. John (Lamiaceae) possibly extinct on Kaua'i, Hawaiian Islands
Wood, K.R. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Miller, S.E. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2014. Part I: Articles. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 116: 31-33.
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2014
Rediscovery of Melicope quadrangularis (Rutaceae) and other notable plant records for the island of Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i
Wood, K.R. · In: Evenhuis, N.L., ed., Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2013. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 115: 29-32. [
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2013
Rediscovery of Lysimachia venosa (Wawra) H. St. John on Kaua‘i, Hawaiian Islands
Wood, K.R. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2012. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 114: 37-38.
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Named for Wood

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

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