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Walter M. Giffard
British diplomat and horticulturist · 1856–1929
9,073 specimens, collected between 1818 and 2025 on 719 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 2,835 specimens for others.
On the labels as W. M. Giffard, Giffard, W.M., Giffard, W. M., W.M. Giffard, Giffard, W., Giffard, Walter M. Giffard, WM Giffard and 1 more.
- Specimens
- 9,073
- Type specimens
- 242
- Years in the field
- 208
- Islands
- 8
- Species
- 618
- Identifications
- 2,835
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 19
Where Giffard collected
Specimens by decade
1810s2020s
Earliest: Plagithmysus microgaster, 1818 (Olinda). Latest: Cyperus polystachyos, 2025.
Named for Giffard
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Giffard. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Plagithmysus giffardi Cerambycidae89
- Nesotocus giffardi Curculionidae58
- Hibiscadelphus giffardianus Malvaceae49
- Cyrtandra giffardii Gesneriaceae30
- Omiodes giffardi Crambidae28
- Cyanea giffardii Campanulaceae4
- Ilburnia giffardi Delphacidae4
- Rhyncogonus giffardi Curculionidae4
- Agrotis giffardi Noctuidae3
- Clava giffardi Cerithiidae2
- Nabis giffardi Nabidae2
- Perimececera giffardi Delphacidae2
- Elachertus giffardi Eulophidae1
- Hevaheva giffardi Triozidae1
- Nesophrosyne giffardi Cicadellidae1
- Parthenicus giffardi Miridae1
- Pseudocymus giffardi Cymidae1
- Ptycta giffardi Psocidae1
- Syncera giffardi Assimineidae1
From the field
As a determiner
2,835 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: