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C.W. Potter

English entomologist · 1907–1989

457 specimens, collected between 1930 and 1961 on 114 collecting days. Identified 3 specimens for others.

On the labels as Potter, C., Potter, POTTER, C. Potter.

Specimens
457
Type specimens
13
Years in the field
32
Islands
1
Species
287
Identifications
3
In the Library
0
Named after
2

Where Potter collected

Specimens by decade

1930s1960s

Earliest: Macadamia integrifolia, 1930 (Oʻahu). Latest: Afrocarpus falcatus, 1961.

Named for Potter

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

PachypodiumDioscorea pentaphyllaRosenbergiodendron longiflorumHibiscus acetosellaLeucaena leucocephalaChonemorpha fragransCrinum asiaticumPseuderanthemum alatumPosoqueria latifoliaAraucaria cunninghamiiJacquinia arboreaIxora coccinea

As a determiner

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