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Collectors

J.W.P. Parham

New Zealand botanist and curator · 1929–2002

939 specimens, collected between 1929 and 1995 on 269 collecting days, now held in 2 departments. Identified 84 specimens for others.

On the labels as Parham, J.W., J. Parham, Parham, J., Parham, J.W.P., Parham, J.

Specimens
939
Type specimens
16
Years in the field
67
Islands
12
Species
620
Identifications
84
In the Library
0
Named after
3

Specimens by decade

1920s1990s

Earliest: Planchonella garberi, 1929 (Viti Levu). Latest: Sicyopus, 1995.

Named for Parham

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

Acalypha wilkesianaErigeron bonariensisHolmskioldia sanguineaMachaerina glomerataPandanus tectoriusSyzygium neurocalyxPsychotria brackenridgeiPittosporum arborescensPeperomia laevilimbaScaevola taccadaAcalypha hispidaEclipta alba

As a determiner

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