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P. Nelson

Bryologist and botanical collector · 1862–1932

433 specimens, collected between 1910 and 2011 on 35 collecting days.

On the labels as Nelson, P., nelson, P..

Specimens
433
Type specimens
3
Years in the field
102
Islands
4
Species
292
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
7

Where Nelson collected

Specimens by decade

1910s2010s

Earliest: Echinochloa colonum, 1910 (Guam). Latest: Calanthe ventilabrum, 2011.

Named for Nelson

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

Calanthe ventilabrumIndigofera suffruticosaSida rhombifoliaIpomoea indicaZehneria guamensisIpomoea indicaPolytrichum strictumClitoria ternateaHibiscus archeriMalachra capitataAreca catechuIxora coccinea