Richard Pearson
English physician and medical writer · 1765–1836
320 specimens, collected between 1959 and 1963 on 14 collecting days, now held in 2 departments.
On the labels as Richard Pearson, Pearson, R..
- Specimens
- 320
- Type specimens
- 0
- Years in the field
- 5
- Islands
- 1
- Species
- 80
- Identifications
- 0
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 5
Specimens by decade
1950s1960s
Earliest: Rauvolfia sandwicensis, 1959 (Hawaiʻi Island). Latest: Mollusca, 1963.
Named for Pearson
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Pearson. 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
