Truman George Yuncker
U.S. botanist and educator · 1891–1964
2,974 specimens, collected between 1921 and 1987 on 213 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 481 specimens for others.
On the labels as Yuncker, T.G., Truman George Yuncker, T.G. Yuncker, Yuncker, Truman G. Yuncker.
- Specimens
- 2,974
- Type specimens
- 39
- Years in the field
- 67
- Islands
- 23
- Species
- 957
- Identifications
- 481
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 4
Where Yuncker collected
Specimens by decade
1920s1980s
Earliest: Peperomia hombronii, 1921 (Tahiti). Latest: Juncus effusus, 1987.
Named for Yuncker
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Yuncker. 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
481 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: