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Maxwell S. Doty
U.S. mycologist and phycologist · 1916–1996
12,548 specimens, collected between 1872 and 2013 on 1,605 collecting days, now held in 4 departments. Identified 278 specimens for others.
On the labels as Doty, M.S., Maxwell S. Doty, M. Doty, Doty, M.S. Doty, Max Doty, Maxwell Doty, Doty, M. and 2 more.
- Specimens
- 12,548
- Type specimens
- 104
- Years in the field
- 142
- Islands
- 171
- Species
- 1,684
- Identifications
- 278
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 7
Where Doty collected
Specimens by decade
1870s2010s
Earliest: Ectocarpus siliculosus, 1872 (Gaspé, Gaspé Peninsula, south shore). Latest: Lobophora variegata, 2013.
Named for Doty
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Doty. 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
278 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: