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W.M. Bush

Teacher · 1906–1985

297 specimens, collected between 1922 and 1982 on 80 collecting days, now held in 2 departments.

On the labels as Bush, W., Bush, Bush, W.M., W. Bush.

Specimens
297
Type specimens
22
Years in the field
61
Islands
3
Species
133
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
2

Where Bush collected

Specimens by decade

1920s1980s

Earliest: Pteralyxia macrocarpa, 1922 (Oʻahu). Latest: Iresine diffusa, 1982.

Named for Bush

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

Myrsine lessertianaSantalum freycinetianumScaevola glabraDiospyros sandwicensisBidens tortaKadua acuminataMacropiper methysticumPeperomia membranaceaPeperomia sandwicensisOphioderma falcatumEurya sandwicensisMelicope wawreana