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S.R. Hill

Jamaican zoologist, botanist, ornithologist and politician · 1795–1872

246 specimens, collected between 1973 and 2016 on 155 collecting days. Identified 104 specimens for others.

On the labels as Hill, S.R., Hill, S..

Specimens
246
Type specimens
0
Years in the field
44
Islands
2
Species
229
Identifications
104
In the Library
0
Named after
10

Where Hill collected

Specimens by decade

1970s2010s

Earliest: Anadenanthera, 1973 (25km by road NE of Diamantina, ca 1.5km from Rio Jequiti). Latest: Acmispon argophyllus, 2016.

Named for Hill

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

Ageratina aromaticaPinus contortaViburnum prunifoliumGahnia asperaPinus glabraOxytropis sericeaMuhlenbergia tricholepisCarex communisCymbopogonAmorpha glabraEphedra nevadensisGeranium molle

As a determiner

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