Hank L. Oppenheimer

German-Israeli botanist · 1899–1971

5,214 specimens, collected between 1977 and 2026 on 1,572 collecting days, now held in 3 departments. Identified 8 specimens for others.

On the labels as Oppenheimer, H.L., Hank L. Oppenheimer, Hank Oppenheimer, H.L. Oppenheimer, H. Oppenheimer, Oppenheimer, H., Oppenheimer, H, Oppenheimer and 2 more.

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Specimens: 5,214
Type specimens: 11
Years in the field: 50
Islands: 7
Species: 1,644
Identifications: 8
In the Library: 5
Named after: 1

Where Oppenheimer collected

Specimens by decade

1970s2020s

Earliest: Haplopteris elongata, 1977 (Maui). Latest: Fungi, 2026.

In the Library

Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.

2025
Notes, nuances, and novelties in the Hawaiian flora from Herbarium Pacificum
Faccenda, K., Arthur, K., Thomas, M.K., Oppenheimer, H., Ross, M.C., Starr, F., Starr, K., Tribble, C.M. & Starmer, J. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. (ed.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2025. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 163: 149-228.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
2019
New Hawaiian plant records for 2018
Oppenheimer, H. · In: Evenhuis, N.L., ed., Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2018. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 126: 3–6.
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2016
New Hawaiian Plant Records for 2015
Oppenheimer, H. · In: Evenhuis, N.L, ed., Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2015. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 118: 23-28.
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2014
New plant records for 2012
Oppenheimer, H. & Bustamente, K.M. · In: Evenhuis, N.L., ed., Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2013. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 115: 19–22. ]
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2013
New Hawiaian plant records for 2012
Oppenheimer, H. · In: Evenhuis, N.L. & Eldredge, L.G. (eds.), Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 2012. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 114: 17-20.
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Named for Oppenheimer

Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Oppenheimer. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.

Melicope oppenheimeri Rutaceae4

From the field

As a determiner

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