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Portrait of Kenneth Pike Emory

Collectors

Kenneth Pike Emory

American anthropologist who played a key role in shaping modern anthropology in Oceania · 1897–1992

468 specimens, collected between 1913 and 1957 on 50 collecting days, now held in 3 departments.

On the labels as K.P. Emory, Emory, Kenneth P., Emory, K.P., Emory, K., K. Emory, Kenneth P. Emory, Kenneth Pike Emory, Kenneth Emory and 1 more.

Specimens
468
Type specimens
1
Years in the field
45
Islands
23
Species
105
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
2

Where Emory collected

Specimens by decade

1910s1950s

Earliest: Achatinella decora, 1913 (Oʻahu). Latest: Medinilla venosa, 1957.

Named for Emory

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

Partulina semicarinataPupisomaPartula variaPartulina variabilisTornatellinaAchatinellaPartula otaheitana affinisTrochonaninaPartula fabaPartula otaheitana rubescensPartulina variabilisTornatellides