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G. {George} D. Peterson

Swedish botanist · 1920–2011

192 specimens, collected between 1951 and 1984 on 16 collecting days, now held in 3 departments.

On the labels as Peterson, G., George Peterson, G. {George} D. Peterson, Peterson, George, G. {George} P. Peterson, Peterson G., G. Peterson.

Specimens
192
Type specimens
1
Years in the field
34
Islands
8
Species
96
Identifications
0
In the Library
0
Named after
1

Where Peterson collected

Specimens by decade

1950s1980s

Earliest: Tayloria kibweziensis, 1951 (Aguijan). Latest: Brassica nigra, 1984.

Named for Peterson

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

Crassocephalum crepidioidesLudwigia octovalvisPartula gibbaPartula gibbaCirsium vulgareMontanoa hibiscifoliaPartula langfordiPartula gibbaLamprocystis fastigataCrassocephalum crepidioidesSuccineaAchatinella fulgens versipelis