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R.E. Holttum
English botanist and author · 1895–1990
26 specimens, collected between 1923 and 1969 on 14 collecting days. Identified 301 specimens for others.
On the labels as Holttum, Holttum, R.E..
- Specimens
- 26
- Type specimens
- 0
- Years in the field
- 47
- Islands
- 2
- Species
- 20
- Identifications
- 301
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 3
Where Holttum collected
Specimens by decade
1920s1960s
Earliest: Corybas carinatus, 1923 (Mt. Belumut). Latest: Ruhooglandia hooglandii, 1969.
Named for Holttum
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Holttum. 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
301 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: