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Herman Gustave Lemke Sr.
Belgian hydrobiologist · 1886–1969
870 specimens, collected between 1931 and 1946 on 93 collecting days.
On the labels as Lemke, Herman Sr., Lemke, Lemke, H., Herman Lemke, Lemke, Herman Gustave, Lemke, H. Sr., Lemke, Herman, Lemke, H. Jr. and 7 more.
- Specimens
- 870
- Type specimens
- 6
- Years in the field
- 16
- Islands
- 1
- Species
- 90
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Lemke collected
Specimens by decade
1930s1940s
Earliest: Achatinella viridans, 1931 (Oʻahu). Latest: Achatinella bulimoides, 1946.
Named for Lemke
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Lemke. 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
