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Hugh Shaw MacKee

Northern Irish botanist · 1912–1995

3,341 specimens, collected between 1904 and 2019 on 1,520 collecting days. Identified 9 specimens for others.

On the labels as MacKee, H.S., Hugh Shaw MacKee, Mackee, H.S..

Specimens
3,341
Type specimens
48
Years in the field
116
Islands
33
Species
1,408
Identifications
9
In the Library
0
Named after
6

Where MacKee collected

Specimens by decade

1900s2010s

Earliest: Cynometra ramiflora, 1904. Latest: Alstonia balansae, 2019.

Named for MacKee

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

Gongrodiscus sufferrugineusHypserpa vieillardiiDesmodiumHibbertia lucensElaeocarpus dognyensisMalpighiaceaePlanchonella dothioensisAustrobuxus rubiginosusXanthium occidentaleDiospyros parvifloraHedycarya denticulataScrophulariaceae

As a determiner

9 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: