JO
John K. Obata
collected 1927–1998
2,213 specimens, collected between 1927 and 1998 on 397 collecting days, now held in 4 departments. Identified 3 specimens for others.
On the labels as Obata, J., Obata, J.K., John Obata, Obata, John, Obata, J. Obata, J.T. Obata, Obata, J and 2 more.
- Specimens
- 2,213
- Type specimens
- 43
- Years in the field
- 72
- Islands
- 5
- Species
- 483
- Identifications
- 3
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 1
Where Obata collected
Specimens by decade
1920s1990s
Earliest: Gouania meyenii, 1927 (Oʻahu). Latest: Hymenasplenium unilaterale, 1998.
Named for Obata
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Obata. 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
3 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: