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Portrait of W.A.B. {=William Alanson Bryan

Collectors

W.A.B. {=William Alanson Bryan

American ornithologist, zoologist, botanist and museum curator · 1875–1942

1,178 specimens, collected between 1901 and 2002 on 87 collecting days, now held in 6 departments. Identified 50 specimens for others.

On the labels as W A Bryan, Bryan, W.A., W.A. Bryan, William Alanson Bryan, W.A.B. {=William Alanson Bryan}, Bryan, William A., Bryan, W.L., Bryan, W. A..

Specimens
1,178
Type specimens
19
Years in the field
102
Islands
17
Species
439
Identifications
50
In the Library
0
Named after
0

Where Bryan collected

Specimens by decade

1900s2000s

Earliest: Delissea waianaeensis, 1901 (Oʻahu). Latest: Ipomoea indica, 2002.

From the field

RissoinaLeptothyra balneariAbutilon grandifoliumRissoina tridentataRissoinaLeucaena leucocephalaTornatellidesGuilandina bonducCapparis spinosaPyrrhobryum pungensScaevola gaudichaudianaMitra rubra

As a determiner

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