HL
H.L. Lyon
American zoologist · 1907–1991
1,414 specimens, collected between 1860 and 1984 on 345 collecting days, now held in 4 departments. Identified 17 specimens for others.
On the labels as Lyon, H.L., Lyon, H.L. Lyon, Lyon, H..
- Specimens
- 1,414
- Type specimens
- 24
- Years in the field
- 125
- Islands
- 6
- Species
- 492
- Identifications
- 17
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 5
Where Lyon collected
Specimens by decade
1860s1980s
Earliest: Cibotium menziesii, 1860 (Hawaiʻi Island). Latest: Korthalsella cylindrica, 1984.
Named for Lyon
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Lyon. 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
17 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: