David H. Lorence
collected 1906–2025
3,857 specimens, collected between 1906 and 2025 on 1,142 collecting days. Identified 3,470 specimens for others.
On the labels as Lorence, D.H., Lorence, D., D.H. Lorence, Lorence, David H. Lorence, D. Lorence, Lorence, DH, Lorence, D and 4 more.
- Specimens
- 3,857
- Type specimens
- 12
- Years in the field
- 120
- Islands
- 59
- Species
- 2,133
- Identifications
- 3,470
- In the Library
- 5
- Named after
- 1
Where Lorence collected
Specimens by decade
Earliest: Ilex anomala, 1906 (Nuku Hiva). Latest: Musa ornata, 2025.
In the Library
Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.
2024
A synopsis of Spermacoce (Rubiaceae) and related genera naturalized in the Hawaiian Islands, with a keyLorence, D.L., and K. Faccenda · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers
Museum research publication
2011
Taxonomic changes in Hawaiian ferns and leucophytesSnow, N., Ranker, T. & Lorence, D.H. · Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 110: 11-16.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2000
A reassessment of Cyrtandra kealiae and C. limahuliensis (Gesneriaceae)Wagner, W.L. & D.H. Lorence · Bishop Mus. Occas. Pap. 63: 17-20.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1995
Contributions to the Flora of Hawai‘i. III. Additions, range extensions, and rediscoveries of flowering plantsLorence, D.H., T.W. Flynn & W.L. Wagner · Bishop Museum Occasional Paper 41: 19-58.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
On the status of Randia armata (Sw.) DC. (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae)Taylor, C.M. & Lorence, D.H. · Taxon 42(4): 865-67.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
Named for Lorence
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Lorence. 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
3,470 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: