WG
W.J. Gilbert
Botanist · 1880–1940
344 specimens, collected between 1907 and 1973 on 90 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 24 specimens for others.
On the labels as Gilbert, W.J., Gilbert, J.C. Gilbert, Gilbert, W., Gilbert, J..
- Specimens
- 344
- Type specimens
- 3
- Years in the field
- 67
- Islands
- 10
- Species
- 117
- Identifications
- 24
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 5
Where Gilbert collected
Specimens by decade
1900s1970s
Earliest: Berkeleyomyces basicola, 1907. Latest: Acanthophora spicifera, 1973.
Named for Gilbert
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Gilbert. 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
As a determiner
24 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: