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H.F. Clay
American botanist and botanical collector · 1863–1951
232 specimens, collected between 1931 and 1995 on 105 collecting days. Identified 6 specimens for others.
On the labels as Clay, H.F., Clay, Clay, H., H. F. Clay.
- Specimens
- 232
- Type specimens
- 11
- Years in the field
- 65
- Islands
- 12
- Species
- 182
- Identifications
- 6
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 3
Where Clay collected
Specimens by decade
1930s1990s
Earliest: Scaevola gaudichaudiana, 1931 (Oʻahu). Latest: Melicope clusiifolia, 1995.
Named for Clay
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Clay. 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
6 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: