MP
M.E.P. Phillips
Australian botanist and botanical collector · 1917–1977
45 specimens, collected between 1960 and 1973 on 36 collecting days. Identified 4 specimens for others.
On the labels as Phillips, M.E., Phillips, M.E.P..
- Specimens
- 45
- Type specimens
- 0
- Years in the field
- 14
- Islands
- 2
- Species
- 39
- Identifications
- 4
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 3
Specimens by decade
1960s1970s
Earliest: Abrotanella forsteroides, 1960 (Tasmania). Latest: Scleranthus biflorus, 1973.
Named for Phillips
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Phillips. 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
As a determiner
4 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: