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Peter H. Buck
Brazilian jesuit and entomologist · 1883–1972
1,103 specimens, collected between 1927 and 1947 on 81 collecting days, now held in 5 departments. Identified 1 specimens for others.
On the labels as Buck, P.H., Buck, Peter H., Peter H. Buck, P. Buck, P.H. Buck, P H Buck, Buck, H..
- Specimens
- 1,103
- Type specimens
- 2
- Years in the field
- 21
- Islands
- 6
- Species
- 92
- Identifications
- 1
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Buck collected
Specimens by decade
1920s1940s
Earliest: Anguilla marmorata, 1927 (Tutuila Island). Latest: Ectropothecium, 1947.
Named for Buck
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Buck. 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
1 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: