BH
Ben Harrison
Canadian bacteriologist and mycologist · 1871–1952
874 specimens, collected between 1924 and 1993 on 129 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 3 specimens for others.
On the labels as Harrison, B., B C Harrison, Ben Harrison, B. Harrison.
- Specimens
- 874
- Type specimens
- 75
- Years in the field
- 70
- Islands
- 6
- Species
- 318
- Identifications
- 3
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 4
Where Harrison collected
Specimens by decade
1920s1990s
Earliest: Lachnagrostis filiformis, 1924 (Maui). Latest: Melicope volcanica, 1993.
Named for Harrison
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Harrison. 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
3 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: