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Portrait of C.A. Backer

Collectors

C.A. Backer

Dutch botanist · 1874–1963

70 specimens, collected between 1902 and 1932 on 39 collecting days. Identified 17 specimens for others.

Specimens
70
Type specimens
0
Years in the field
31
Islands
1
Species
63
Identifications
17
In the Library
0
Named after
0

Specimens by decade

1900s1930s

Earliest: Alysicarpus vaginalis, 1902 (Java). Latest: Mikania cordata, 1932.

From the field

Tephrosia purpureaZornia muellerianaPachystylidium hirsutumCalyptocarpus vialisArivela viscosaFlacourtia rukamDidymocheton gaudichaudianusAdenanthera pavoninaMicroglossa pyrifoliaVernonia cymosaCyanthillium patulumGrona heterocarpos

As a determiner

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