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Adolph D.E. Elmer

American botanist · 1870–1942

6,924 specimens, collected between 1900 and 1992 on 126 collecting days. Identified 22 specimens for others.

On the labels as Elmer, A.D.E., Elmer, A., Elmer, Adolph D. E. Elmer, Elmer, D.E..

Specimens
6,924
Type specimens
1,145
Years in the field
93
Islands
29
Species
3,590
Identifications
22
In the Library
0
Named after
58

Where Elmer collected

Specimens by decade

1900s1990s

Earliest: Diospyros curranii, 1900 (Sibuyan). Latest: Aglaia leptantha, 1992.

Named for Elmer

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

Lygodium flexuosumPandanus paloensisMiquelia celebicaSelaginella opacaFreycinetia multifloraDrypetes longifoliaRhynchotechum permolleAlangium javanicumAmblovenatum immersumUrophyllum arboreumHylodesmum laxumCalamus usitatus

As a determiner

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