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D. Wesley Garber

American geneticist · 1918–2004

1,293 specimens, collected between 1912 and 1992 on 154 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 1 specimens for others.

On the labels as Garber, D.W., D. Wesley Garber, D.W. Garber.

Specimens
1,293
Type specimens
18
Years in the field
81
Islands
7
Species
627
Identifications
1
In the Library
0
Named after
2

Where Garber collected

Specimens by decade

1910s1990s

Earliest: Leptecophylla tameiameiae, 1912 (Oʻahu). Latest: Sterculia fanaiho, 1992.

Named for Garber

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

Asplenium kaulfussiiPeperomia latifoliaNephrolepis hirsutulaIpomoea albaDiospyros samoensisKadua acuminataRorippa sarmentosaSmilax melastomifoliaPolypodium pellucidumPsychotria kaduanaTectaria stearnsiiCyrtandra cordifolia

As a determiner

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