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G.W. Gillett

Botanist · 1917–1976

754 specimens, collected between 1927 and 2025 on 179 collecting days. Identified 207 specimens for others.

On the labels as Gillett, G.W., Gillett, G..

Specimens
754
Type specimens
6
Years in the field
99
Islands
15
Species
372
Identifications
207
In the Library
0
Named after
1

Where Gillett collected

Specimens by decade

1920s2020s

Earliest: Cyrtandra trichophylla, 1927 (Viti Levu). Latest: Pelagodoxa henryana, 2025.

Named for Gillett

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

Syzygium sandwicenseClermontia kohalaeRauvolfia sandwicensisCyrtandra hawaiensisDeschampsia elongataAsteraceaeAscarina polystachyaGoodeniaceaeNotelaeaDodonaea viscosaMelinis minutifloraParatrophis pendulina

As a determiner

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