W.R. Maxon
American botanist · 1877–1948
21 specimens, collected between 1902 and 1920 on 10 collecting days. Identified 29 specimens for others.
On the labels as Maxon, W.R., Maxon.
- Specimens
- 21
- Type specimens
- 0
- Years in the field
- 19
- Islands
- 3
- Species
- 18
- Identifications
- 29
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Specimens by decade
1900s1920s
Earliest: Scytosiphon lomentaria, 1902 (Woods Hole). Latest: Breutelia tomentosa, 1920.
Named for Maxon
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Maxon. 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
29 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: