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A.S. Hitchcock
American botanist and agrostologist · 1865–1935
361 specimens, collected between 1903 and 1931 on 135 collecting days. Identified 20 specimens for others.
On the labels as Hitchcock, A.S., Hitchcock, A..
- Specimens
- 361
- Type specimens
- 11
- Years in the field
- 29
- Islands
- 8
- Species
- 247
- Identifications
- 20
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Hitchcock collected
Specimens by decade
1900s1930s
Earliest: Chrysopogon pauciflorus, 1903 (Miami). Latest: Paspalum vaginatum, 1931.
Named for Hitchcock
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Hitchcock. 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
20 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: