JL
John Mortimer Lydgate
Botanist · 1854–1922
959 specimens, collected between 1828 and 1983 on 51 collecting days, now held in 2 departments.
On the labels as Lydgate, J.M., Lydgate, Lydgate, J., Lydgate, John Mortimer.
- Specimens
- 959
- Type specimens
- 113
- Years in the field
- 156
- Islands
- 6
- Species
- 519
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 8
Where Lydgate collected
Specimens by decade
1820s1980s
Earliest: Kadua laxiflora, 1828 (unknown). Latest: Huperzia erubescens, 1983.
Named for Lydgate
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Lydgate. 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
