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Angela Kay Kepler

collected 1920–1993

849 specimens, collected between 1920 and 1993 on 81 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 29 specimens for others.

On the labels as Kepler, A.K., A K Kepler, Kepler, K., Kepler, AK, Kepler, Angela Kay.

Specimens
849
Type specimens
5
Years in the field
74
Islands
32
Species
291
Identifications
29
In the Library
0
Named after
1

Where Kepler collected

Specimens by decade

1920s1990s

Earliest: Pandanus, 1920 (Merir). Latest: Pemphis acidula, 1993.

Named for Kepler

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

Chenopodium oahuenseBoerhavia tetrandraPaspalum vaginatumEuphorbia hirtaAcalypha amentaceaCrateva religiosaHeliotropium velutinumDendrolobium umbellatumAcalypha amentaceaTribulus cistoidesEleusine indicaThespesia populnea

As a determiner

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