N.K. Pekelo Jr.

collected 1961–1976

142 specimens, collected between 1961 and 1976 on 38 collecting days, now held in 2 departments.

On the labels as Pekelo Jr., N., N K Pekelo Jr, Pekelo Jr, N., Pekelo, N..

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Specimens: 142
Type specimens: 4
Years in the field: 16
Islands: 2
Species: 77
Identifications: 0
In the Library: 0
Named after: 1

Where Pekelo collected

Specimens by decade

1960s1970s

Earliest: Pluchea fosbergii, 1961 (Molokaʻi). Latest: Santalum ellipticum, 1976.

Named for Pekelo

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

Trupanea pekeloi Tephritidae1

From the field