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Judson Linsley Gressitt

American entomologist · 1914–1982

4,397 specimens, collected between 1906 and 1982 on 558 collecting days, now held in 5 departments. Identified 423 specimens for others.

On the labels as Gressitt, J.L., J L Gressitt, J. L. Gressitt, Judson Linsley Gressitt, Gressitt, J. L., J. Linsley Gressitt, Gressitt, J. Linsey Gressitt and 12 more.

Specimens
4,397
Type specimens
2,203
Years in the field
77
Islands
60
Species
2,189
Identifications
423
In the Library
0
Named after
109

Where Gressitt collected

Specimens by decade

1900s1980s

Earliest: Morocera nigrifrons, 1906 (Mt. Missim). Latest: Pinanga, 1982.

Named for Gressitt

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

Elaeocarpus polydactylusBulbinella rossiiDiplomorphaCyclophorusTrochomorphaGrona heterocarposVacciniumHelicinaOpeasLitseaTrochomorphaMelastomataceae

As a determiner

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