Thane K. Pratt
Printer, founder, director and head farmer of the Brook Farm experimental community, botanist and botanical collector · 1805–1878
896 specimens, collected between 1921 and 2014 on 60 collecting days, now held in 4 departments. Identified 210 specimens for others.
On the labels as T K Pratt, Pratt, T.K., Pratt, T., TK Pratt, K. Pratt, Thane K. Pratt, T Pratt, T K PRATT.
- Specimens
- 896
- Type specimens
- 18
- Years in the field
- 94
- Islands
- 21
- Species
- 364
- Identifications
- 210
- In the Library
- 2
- Named after
- 6
Where Pratt collected
Specimens by decade
Earliest: Helicina, 1921 (Oʻahu). Latest: Erigeron sumatrensis, 2014.
In the Library
Publications in the Library whose author line carries this name.
1993
Identifying sex and age of Apapane and Iiwi on HawaiiFancy, S.G., Pratt, T.K. & Lindsey, G.D. · Journal of Field Ornithology 64(2): 262-69.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
1993
Status and population trends of Hawaii's native waterbirds, 1977-1987Engilis, A., Jr. & Pratt, T.K. · The Wilson Bulletin 105(1): 142-58.
Contribution to the Hawaii Biological Survey
Named for Pratt
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Pratt. 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
210 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: