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E.J. Funk

German mathematician, physicist and astronomer · 1736–1786

961 specimens, collected between 1910 and 2003 on 184 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 9 specimens for others.

On the labels as Funk, E.J., Funk, E., Funk, FUNK.

Specimens
961
Type specimens
20
Years in the field
94
Islands
14
Species
566
Identifications
9
In the Library
0
Named after
1

Where Funk collected

Specimens by decade

1910s2000s

Earliest: Geranium cuneatum, 1910 (Maui). Latest: Plantago lanceolata, 2003.

Named for Funk

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

Cyrtandra grandifloraCyperus haspanMalva parvifloraCuscuta sandwichianaDryopteris wallichianaDysphania ambrosioidesSalacia chinensisLepidium virginicumLeptecophylla tameiameiaeNassella cernuaCephalomanes boryanumArtemisia mauiensis

As a determiner

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