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Portrait of Rec'd from the estate of R. Helms thru Ethel Helms

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Rec'd from the estate of R. Helms thru Ethel Helms

German born Australian/New Zealand botanist, entomologist, explorer and collector · 1842–1914

11 specimens, collected between 1898 and 1900 on 5 collecting days, now held in 3 departments.

On the labels as Helms, R., Rec'd from the estate of R. Helms thru Ethel Helms.

Specimens
11
Type specimens
3
Years in the field
3
Islands
1
Species
11
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
4

Specimens by decade

1890s1900s

Earliest: Billardiera heterophylla, 1898. Latest: Kennedia rubicunda, 1900.

Named for Helms

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

Billardiera heterophyllaDissocarpus paradoxusKennedia rubicundaEucalyptus marginataPittosporum revolutumHardenbergia violacea