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John August Kusche

Botanist and entomologist · 1869–1934

1,413 specimens, collected between 1910 and 1929 on 86 collecting days, now held in 6 departments.

On the labels as Kusche, J.A., J. A. Kusche, Kusche, J. A., J. August Kusche, Kusche, J A Kusche, J.A. Kusche, John August Kusche.

Specimens
1,413
Type specimens
32
Years in the field
20
Islands
8
Species
297
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
3

Where Kusche collected

Specimens by decade

1910s1920s

Earliest: Stenotrupis prolixa, 1910 (Kaholuamano). Latest: Enicospilus lineatus, 1929.

Named for Kusche

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

LygodiumTrochomorphaTrochomorphaNeritaDilleniaceaeAcaciaFabaceaeMolluscaZorniaLatirusTurritellaLygodium