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Herbier Christ
Director of the U.S. soil conservation service and botanist · 1896–1973
169 specimens, collected between 1884 and 1960 on 37 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 12 specimens for others.
On the labels as Christ, J.H., Christ, Christ, H., Christ, J., J.H. Christ, Herbier Christ.
- Specimens
- 169
- Type specimens
- 0
- Years in the field
- 77
- Islands
- 8
- Species
- 117
- Identifications
- 12
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 2
Where Christ collected
Specimens by decade
1880s1960s
Earliest: Polystichum aculeatum, 1884 (Tenerife). Latest: Jatropha integerrima, 1960.
Named for Christ
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Christ. 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
12 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: