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Leonard J. Brass

Australian-born American botanist · 1900–1971

1,539 specimens, collected between 1922 and 1982 on 300 collecting days, now held in 2 departments.

On the labels as Brass, L.J., Brass, Brass L.J., Brass, L., Leonard J. Brass.

Specimens
1,539
Type specimens
154
Years in the field
61
Islands
24
Species
1,063
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
62

Where Brass collected

Specimens by decade

1920s1980s

Earliest: Dendromyza, 1922. Latest: Cordia subcordata, 1982.

Named for Brass

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

Hedyotis prostrataAsplenium caudatumPandanus conoideusRhododendron alticolumTristaniopsis exilifloraPandanus leiophyllusSphaeropteris felinaPyrrosia foveolataMniodendron dendroidesDimeria chloridiformisSphaerostephanos beccarianusClematis phanerophlebia