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Alvin K. Chock

Botanist · 1919–2015

719 specimens, collected between 1930 and 2016 on 113 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 8 specimens for others.

On the labels as Chock, A.K., Chock, Chock, K., Chock, A., Chock, K, Alvin K. Chock.

Specimens
719
Type specimens
37
Years in the field
87
Islands
5
Species
292
Identifications
8
In the Library
0
Named after
0

Where Chock collected

Specimens by decade

1930s2010s

Earliest: Charpentiera tomentosa, 1930 (Oʻahu). Latest: Polyscias bisattenuata, 2016.

From the field

Leptecophylla tameiameiaeDianella sandwicensisCyrtandra laxifloraPalhinhaea cernuaCoprosma kauensisNephrolepis exaltataPeperomia tetraphyllaAsplenium caudatumSophora chrysophyllaTurbinaria ornataSantalum ellipticumScaevola procera

As a determiner

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