LB
Luther E. Bishop
U.S. botanist · 1943–1991
790 specimens, collected between 1964 and 2022 on 114 collecting days. Identified 8 specimens for others.
On the labels as Bishop, L.E., Luther E. Bishop, Bishop, L., Bishop L.E..
- Specimens
- 790
- Type specimens
- 16
- Years in the field
- 59
- Islands
- 8
- Species
- 316
- Identifications
- 8
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 10
Where Bishop collected
Specimens by decade
1960s2020s
Earliest: Fissidens lindbergii, 1964 (Oʻahu). Latest: Morella faya, 2022.
Named for Bishop
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Bishop. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Plagithmysus bishopi Cerambycidae61
- Nesopupa bishopi Vertiginidae5
- Moho bishopi Mohoidae4
- Apohyale bishopae Hyalidae2
- Bradysia bishopi Sciaridae1
- Medetera bishopae Dolichopodidae1
- Melampus coffeus bishopii Ellobiidae1
- Orientopius bishopi Braconidae1
- Veronica bishopiana Plantaginaceae1
- Wedelia bishopii Asteraceae1
From the field
As a determiner
8 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: