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A.L.M. Mitchell

collected 1933–1997

853 specimens, collected between 1933 and 1997 on 199 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 1 specimens for others.

On the labels as Mitchell, A.L., Mitchell, A., A.L. Mitchell, Mitchell, A.A., A. L. Mitchell, Mitchell, A.L.M..

Specimens
853
Type specimens
22
Years in the field
65
Islands
5
Species
531
Identifications
1
In the Library
1
Named after
12

Where Mitchell collected

Specimens by decade

1930s1990s

Earliest: Myrsine sandwicensis, 1933 (Hawaiʻi Island). Latest: Breynia vestita, 1997.

In the Library

Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.

  1. 2023

    Systematics of the Nososticta salomonis complex (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae)

    Theischinger, G., A. Mitchell, S.J. Richards, and D.A. Polhemus · Zootaxa

    Museum research publication

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Named for Mitchell

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

Melastoma malabathricumAgeratum conyzoidesLolium multiflorumEmbelia pacificaChrysojasminum humileFestuca myurosTagetes minutaCyperus hillebrandiiPeperomia globulantheraPlantago lanceolataLepisorus thunbergianusHoiokula sandwicensis

As a determiner

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